. >> fred: thank you. >> seth: thank you so much, fred. >> fred: thank you. >> seth: give it up for fredeers and applause ] our first guest tonight is an emmy-winning journalist who hosts "anderson cooper 360" weeknights on cnn. he is the co-author of the "new york times" best-seller, "the rainbow comes and goes: a mother and son on life, love, and loss," which is out now on paperback. please welcome back to the show our friend, anderson cooper, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> seth: welcome back! >> thanks, good to be here. >> seth: so this is so much fun. last time we were here, you were talking about how interesting it was writing a book with your mother. >> yes. >> seth: you wrote it over e-mail a lot. >> yes, i did. >> seth: you did? >> my mom and i don't actually like see each other, so. [ light laughter ] no. it was just easier that way. >> seth: but now you are doing press together. >> we did press when the book first came out. my mom turns 93, actually, at the end of february, so -- >> seth: it's amazing. >> yeah, it is. [ cheers and applause ] and, and it's weird, though

fred: hi. liu: fred? hi. fred: good to meet you. liu: nice to see you. fred: likewise. liu jianqiang is an investigative journalist. his first story about the environment was an exposÉ about illegal dam construction on the upper yangtze river. it made national headlines. his hard-hitting stories eventually got him fired, so he continued his work as the beijing editor of china dialogue, an online international journal. [liu speaking chinese] fred: but after 10 years o of reporting, he was feeling burneded out. [liu speaking chinese] translator: i think that our environmental activists and those who work for public welfare need more powerful spiritual support. whwhy? every day what we do may be good deeds which give u us posititive energy, butut meanwhe what we are facing is ththe darkest side of the world. every day what we see is polluted air, polluted rivers, and the slaughter of wild animals. this kind of negativive energy attacks us all t the time. we've been working on environmental protection for a long time, but the situation in china is getting worse every day. w

hi fred, how are you?red: thank you. >> seth: fred, i make this point a lot. i'm in awe of you. i'm in awe of all the work you do. not just on this show, but "portlandia." another season. [ cheers and applause ] and yet, you always find time for other projects which i'm so impressed by. and fred, is this true? i heard you had a really important behind the scenes role at the super bowl last night. >> fred: i did. >> seth: yeah. you know, my company helped install all the speakers. >> seth: uh-huh. >> fred: in the hallway, so like when you walk into the stadium, you know, there's like the speakers in the stadium. but like when you're going to the bathroom and stuff and going to the concession stand, i installed the speakers in the hallways. and it seems easy, but it's not. there are so many. >> seth: there's so many. >> fred: so many speakers. >> seth: ok. >> fred: because it's such a huge place -- >> seth: i guess my question is, it was, you know it was in the stadium where the houston texans play. so i wou

>> fred: i have, yeah. [ light laughter ] it's called "please listen to me." >> seth: okay. >> fred:ews about what's going on in helmet factories around the world. helmet factories, you know, like -- where they make helmets for motorcycles and stuff. so i wanted to focus it in on that. >> seth: okay. >> fred: because it's -- there's so much fake news about, you know, other places -- >> seth: you are a -- you have a website -- >> fred: yeah, i know, i know. >> seth: -- that tells fake news about stuff that happens at helmet factories. >> fred: i know, i know. >> seth: but it seems like the hole, maybe, in your logic and i don't mean to beat you up on this. >> fred: yeah. >> seth: but it doesn't even seem like people want real news about what's happening. [ light laughter ] >> fred: you'd be shocked. >> seth: really? >> fred: i was shocked to find out there's a whole world about it. because, you know, there's these helmets, that, and then there's these. [ light laughter ] >> seth: well, give me a fake news story about a helmet factory. >> fred: hey, check it out, starting on thursday,

>> fred: that's right. >> seth: so, what are you selling at nordstroms? >> fred: mummy tape. yeah, sure. [ laughter ] >> fred: so, you know, so that if you -- so if you like have museum somewhere and you need to like wrap up the mummies more, i've got my own line. [ light laughter ] it's like a replica of old mummified cloth. [ laughter ] >> seth: i would think like museums though, i think part of the thing is they have the original mummy tape. >> fred: that's what you would believe. >> seth: right. [ light laughter ] >> fred: it just really decomposes so quickly that my line of clothes is just like you can dress like a mummy. you can use it for your museum. it's just like-- >> seth: oh, so you can also wear it as like just as a way, i'm going out for the night, i'm going to dress like a mummy. >> fred: you can do that as well. [ light laughter ] you could dress up like a mummy -- and i don't mean for halloween and all that, like this is like for serious mummy fans that just want to like -- >> seth: gotcha, is there a line of -- is it just formal wear? or is there sort of lik

>> fred was born in oakland. he's an american citizen by birth. of the 120,000 americans of japanese ancestry you just mentioned, 70,000 were born in this country. most have never been to japan. so like the others, fred felt he was an american citizen, had done no wrong, was loyal to this country, and should not be subject to military orders and ultimately imprisonment. that's why he fought the orders. >> fred was eventually arrested and he was imprisoned. what was his punishment? >> well, he was ultimately sentenced criminally for violating the military orders. but just to give the audience a brief overview, december 7th, 1941, japan attacked pearl harbor. within a day of that, japanese -- secret service swept through the japanese-american community and arrested community leaders. within a couple weeks thereafter, curfew was imposed on americans of japanese ancestry, including american citizens. within a few weeks after that, orders were issued to report to assembly centers in the bay area, surrounded by barbed wire and machine gun towers. people

fred, the answer is yes, they can. is absolutely no law as long as they have a warrant preventing immigration services from going in and basically apprehending or arresting either of these women. back in 2011 i.c.e. did send out a memo, though, that really discouraged the agents. essentially saying unless you have a reason that is of the essence, unless law enforcement has told you that you need to go in there, they should stay away from going into sensitive areas. a, because they want people to be able to go into those areas and feel safe, churches, schools, community centers like that when things are going on. but also because, let's be honest, right, it looks bad. i.c.e. agents going in and coming out with a woman in handcuffs seeking refuge in a church scent look so great. >> are more churches trying to be more proactive by opening their doors, letting people know that there is a place of comfort or refuge while they're caught in the middle? >> yes. according to the church world services, we're talking about 800 ch

fred -- >> thank you. lou: this is fascinating to watch. president steps forward with the extraordinary press conference which he dismantled the practitioners of this craft who had gathered to attack him ain, i guess. and now he's take his message directly to the american people, still with twitter, but still in campaign mode and taking it on the road. >> and it's working on the road it. worked well at the press conference as well. i mean, you know the press should have liked it. when you compare -- trump's press conference with those of obama, obama's were almost as long as trump's was yesterday, but he would always filibuster. so trump, they got in more than twice as many questions as they usually did at an obama press conference, and then they still complain. lou: they still complain, they whine, and they attack him and this government. i mean, this is really something to behold. you know, whether it be, whatever news organization. their corporate chieftains have decided to unleash and direct these journalists, if you can call them that,

fred served in the u.s. national security position for 25 years at the cia, dia, department of state and the house intelligence committee staff. during the administration of president church w. bush, he was chief of staff to john bolton, then the undersecretary of state for arms control and international security. during his tenure with the house intelligence committee, u.s. this affects her down the iranian and north korean nuclear programs and briefed key national intelligence estimates on these issues to committee members. after he left government in 2011, and he founded and served as director of the langley intelligence group network committed news max media's global intelligence and forecasting services. she's published numerous articles in various journals and newspapers and last year published the eye-opening book, obama bomb from a dangerous and growing national security fraud. let me turn it over to fred. >> thanks, jeff. a pleasure to be back at harwich to discuss the urgent national security issue

i think fred and i differ, again this is a technical point of view. we don't like, we don't like the directionand really , iran talks about having an enrichment program, 20 times larger than it had with this program was posed. under the affirmative action. and it just, that's not acceptable outcome. it's just the danger of the region. what we would sell for i think, again it's very radical. by rouhani standards but we would say you have a rule. iran it should be 12 months from being able to break out and produce enough weapons. and that led to what we talked about, certain centrifuges are allowed. certain enriched uranium, we would say the first order of negotiation should be trying to get 12 months, breakout time is the criteria governing the size of their nuclear program, especially their program. that would be the negotiating poll. it's pretty close to zero. so i think that we would just say, i think what you've got now. >> although you do and i agree with fred, the verification is not adequate. and isprogram , it sounds like anything. it's like a

simpson, but from fred goldman. the victim who for so many was an afterthought to life. >> we put up some film footage. ♪ >> and uh, fred and ron are singing and on the stage, and it was heartbreaking and uh, i think i -- i had tears uh -- streaming down my eyes, and so did all the jurors. >> reporter: after 41 days of testimony, there is a verdict, and it is unanimous. it is broadcast at the same time as president clinton's state of union address. it is the second time a jury will rule on o.j. simpson, but this time, there's a different outcome. simpson is found responsible for killing nicole simpson and ron goldman. their families are awarded $33.5 million in damages. >> today's two and a half years. a little over two and a half years, and we finally have justice for ron and nicole. >> is it justice? >> not the justice i would like, but it's a way of getting some justice. >> reporter: for kim, this time there are smiles instead of sobs. >> we did this for ron. and then the killer got up and walked out the courtroo

fred?all right, athena jones, thanks so much, in palm beach, appreciate that. >>> let's bring back ron brownstein. ron, the trump administration considering all options on this travel ban, at the same time you're hearing from athena where the white house feels these actions are really not review able in is this white house running the risk of jeopardizing its credibility in this way? >> first of all the's end of the american constitutional system of checks and balances is that there's nothing beyond question, everything can be questioned within the political system, and ultimately it is for the courts to decide where the lines are in both statutory and constitutional authority, and as athena alluded to, not only was this issue raised during the oral arguments but the nooibt circuit judges explicitly rejected the idea that, in their decision that the president's actions in this area were not reviewable, so there is no question that the courts ultimately have authority to decide when the pres

fred. >> thanks so much. now, "the washington post" is reporting that the trump administration reached out to some members of congress to dispute these reports. let's talk more about that with wrynn, washington bureau chief for the "chicago sun-times" and jay newton small. good to see you. democrat s are calling this a breach of the fbi's dependence. it raises an old question, can the white house discuss an open investigation with the fbi as jim was spelling out. what's the conclusion? >> it's that this is very, very dangerous ground to go over if you are not really up on, you should not do this until you are absolutely sure that you have followed every protocall and regulation or else you get into the controversy that the trump administration is now in david axelrod put out in a tweet that he could only imagine what would happen if if this kind of a story came out during the obama presidency. congress would be, the republicans in congress would be calling for a program inquiry. so i think this one is a mare

fred. >> all right.es, thank you so much. >>> coming up, a heavy heart in hollywood on this oscar sunday after the sudden death of bill paxton. details after the break. >>> all right. right now there's a sea of civilians trying to escape the embattled city of mosul in iraq. 2,000 just in the last 24 hours. they're trying to flee the battle going on between isis and iraqi forces in the western part of the city. the iraqi army launched an offensive last year to rid mosul of isis fighters. as isis fighters flee iraq, they're often leaving a trail of destruction behind as cnn's ben wedeman reported from the city of nimrud once known for its rich cultural heritage has been utterly decimated. >> reporter: it was an orgy of obliteration wrapped up in usual slick production. no one boasts barbarity like isis. in the spring of 2015, the extremists meticulously documented their destruction of the ruins of the ancient city of nimrud. founded in the 13th century b.c. they took their sledgehammers to the city's famou

fred? >> thank you so much. athena jones, appreciate that. >>> so the new head of the environmental protection agency, scott pruitt, taking center stage this hour. republicans gather just outside of washington at the conservative political action conference known as cpac. his remarks follow a campaign style speech by president trump yesterday where trump laid out his agenda and promise to put america first. let's bring in cnn white house reporter steven colin son. he sued the epa several times as oklahoma's attorney general. what can we expect to hear from him as the head of the epa there now at cpac? >> reporter: i think he's going to lay out his plans to gut some of the regulations that the obama administration introduced on the environment. environmental groups have complained that scott pruitt who as you said sued the epa when he was attorney general of oklahoma is basically going to shield the fossil fuel industry from some of these environmental regulations and in a wider sense, he's

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( laughter ) stand up, fred, stand up. where's fred? are you-- are you fred?"son, that's who i am." "well, tell fred i'm a big fan. tell him i'm a fan." now, they only let the cameras in for the beginning of this whole thing, but i wish so bad i could have heard the entire discussion because the parts we heard were so amazing. >> i was recently contacted by some of the top gangs in chicago for a sit-down. they reached out to me because they associated me with you. they respect you. they believe in what you're doing, and they want to have a sit-down with lowering the body count. i got that straight from the street. no politicians, straight street guys, but they're going to commit if they lower the body count, we'll come in and do some social programs. >> trevor: so, wait, we're supposed to believe these gangs told this dude to tell trump that they respect him. which, by the way, what does that say about trump? "yo, b., we saw, man, yo, you're one of us." trump's like, "that's what i've been saying this whole time. bad and bougie, bad and bougie." we'll be right

fred, marcy, thank you very much.n you think of one positive thing the press reported on melissa. melissa: she said there is nothing positive to report on. nothing good has happened. must be it, nothing good has happened. political different can vied is hitting our nation's schools. sixth graders are attacking each other for their political beliefs. this is not funny actually. afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. all seems beautiful to me. ♪ >> on the bus for supporting trump a 6th grade boy beaten and berated for wearing a make america great again hat. the students gangs up on the boy and yelling about trump's proposed wall. and the mother outraged after the victim. all the students are facing quote consequences but, boy, unbelievable. >> really is amazing. all right. we have breaking news for you. the new england patriots arriving back in boston after their historic super bowl win.

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fred: i hope they funded and get going with it.f getting updated, modernized, repaired, expanded, and that is what we were talking about today in the panel i participated on at the house transportation committee. she committee here in washington. david: do you think we have a problem with our definition of infrastructure? we hear the president talk about roads, bridges, trains and planes -- do you think we need a more expansive definition of what infrastructure is in the year 2017? dani: tuesday -- fred: to some degree, that has been the problem. everyone wants to define infrastructure to what they do locally -- a bike path, a fast train, what have you. in our mind, the infrastructure is the most -- that is most important is that the supports they common good in the economy of the united states. highways, waterways, airports, the air traffic control system, our river navigation capabilities, container ports, and they all have a common theme to them. they are used by commercial interests and can be and should be funded by taxes or u

but last week, pastor fred got a visit of sorts. >> add chicken, add honey.kes me away. >> reporter: this video of fred singing his love for whataburger honey butter >> it's probably the most unprofessional way to do it. but the bible says laughter is a medicine. there was healing that needed to be done. so i needed to get on my job. >> this biscuit ♪ >> reporter: see, fred has every right to sing the blues. he's been nearly homeless. abused as a child. but instead, he chooses to sing praise. >> some of the inboxes i receive from daughters whose fathers had cancer for years and haven't laughed in months. but sitting at the laptop, looking at my video, laughing, for at least that moment, they feel a little better. so if that's what it does, hey, that's what i'm here for. >> honey butter chicken biscuit ♪ >> reporter: if god can work miracles with a little honey butter biscuit, fred can't help but smile thinking what the good lord can do. >> oh, but ask him. >> if you love your food that much, you just gotta be yourself and let it go. by the #notheartless. >>>

melissa: fred, is it fair to make a care son? people saying when the leaks were coming from wikileaks and john podesta emails, they were yelling it was the russians, you know the right was so excited, especially donald trump because it was helping him. now that the shoe is on the other foot even it is different this, is national security, people say it is so much more dangerous. what good for the goose, does that argument hold any weight? don't attack me on twitter? i'm not saying it does. i'm putting out there as an argument. fred, what do you think? >> no i think there is great hypocrisy going on on the part of the press. i'm agreeing with you. that part is alarming. shows where the press is, rather than great civil liberties violations going on, that includes those leaks of transcripts of the president's talks to foreign leaders, including the prime minister of australia, the, all they're interested in is how much these things hurt donald trump and those who work for him. melissa: yeah. fred, you're wonderful. thank you. appre

>> hi, fred. well, it's still unclear what the president was referring to yesterday when he talked about what happened in sweden on friday night. the white house so far offering no clarification, but you can see that that comment raised a lot of eyebrows. a lot of people were watching that rally yesterday, not just here in america but around the world. i can tell you i got a lot of questions on social media about what he may have been referring to. we know that the president likes to watch cable news, and we also know that he especially likes fox news. so it is certainly possible that he saw this segment and that that is what led him, the segment we're about to play, and that is what led him to make these remarks. his larger point being that sweden has had a liberal policy on accepting syrian refugees. he believes that's a bad idea. let's play that segment from fox news and then talk about it on the other side. >> perhaps no nation on earth is more committed to accepting foreign migrants and refug

fred? >> thanks so much, jim. minority leader nancy pe lows see is calling the white house contact with the fbi an outrageous brief with the -- david is an assistant editor at the "washington post." gd good to see you. your paper is also reporting the trump administration reached out to some members of congress to dispute these news reports to try to undermine those reports. what more can you tell us about that? >> this has been stellar reporting going back weeks now by my colleagues greg miller and adam on this issue of exactly what the timeline is and what the circumstances were with contacts between folks in the trump circle and potentially members of the russian government. want to get ahead of the reporting, fred, but i think this is a situation where if you're talking about members of the trump administration or going back to the trump transition, you know, reaching out first to the fbi -- excuse me trump administration reaching out to the fbi to ask if they would bat down these stories has has been reported

arnson and fred , what is your take on this war? there are parts of the media that are on this attack of donald trump and donald trump strikes back so they are going back and forth. in the meantime you saw there was an egg deal today. the president signing an executive order creating this group in every agencies to start going to the regulations and getting rid of them. that's important. >> what the president i think need to do is ease off on his battle with the press because it's not helping him any. not helping him and he's got's more important things to focus on. you mentioned the speech. next week to congress. the president really has an opportunity there and it's not one where he could hammer the press pay what he can do in that speech is really surprised democrats there and call their bluff. you know tom doma cretz and said we are going to have total resistance everything trump does he's slowing down nominees for congress and other top jobs so they can be confirmed. the president needs to go after them not the press. you need

fred. >> athena, then there's this. i understand the president is also getting some rather mixed reviews on a new poll. >> reporter: that's right. a new poll out -- i believe we can put those numbers up on the screen. his approval standing in his new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. just 44% approve of the job he is dog. 48% disapprove. so his numbers are underwater on that poll. let's go to the next bit of news from that poll about the news media. the question was, does the news media exaggerate problems? this is interesting. 53% in the poll agreed. 45% disagreed. so i guess you could maybe read that as a little bit of good news. the president might see that as a little bit of good news. he is constantly criticizing the media, and those numbers would suggest that there may be some agreement among the public that the media gets things -- or makes a big deal out of things that they shouldn't. but overall, those approval numbers, not good. those numbers, fred, are aligned with a lot of polls we've seen lately with the

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