it was a pamphlet by freeman bernstein, was hitler's nickel hijacked. and reading it i discovered, if you believe his story, somewhere on the high seas, between canada and germany, another boat came up with the exact same weight of the nickel, in scrap metal and substituted the cargo. in the book, one other thing, a jew born in 1873 claimed that he met with chancellor hitler. and, in his telling, hitler spoke flawless english. i mean it's amazing how sloppy it is, when you have original sources. that was enough, in fact, i was going through one of the ups-and-downs of journalism and my wife was with me and i said, "i know they say in times of trouble you can depend on your family, but this is ridiculous. win tip, it really helps to sell a book if you can get adolf hitler and mae west into the opening paragraph and neither is a metaphor. [laughter] >> i spent five years researching the life of freeman bernstein, a person who variety, in his 1942, obituary called a cash ter yes, sirrer year. the nickel deal was just the end of a long career as successes a

i and all of my colleagues were appointed by president freeman. do you think that you can gain impartial justice on this tribunal? [laughter and applause] >> i understand president freeman is in his last term in office. would you move that we move this proceeding in a ban until elected? >> that is an excellent question, your honor, that i had not thought of but quite brilliantly put. i am confident that we can get a fair hearing from this bench. i would note that approximately half of you have previously worked for the aclu, an affiliate of the oceania civil liberties union and we can get a fair hearing from these judges so thank you for the question but only this court can protect the rights of winston smith and the other citizens of oceania. >> you expressed concern about surveillance in your work and i want to assure you that there are, will not be any cameras in the supreme court here. [applause] or smack >> i want to ask you to focus on your argument about qualified immunity and ask the question that is key to this case. good thinking officer

chris connelly sat down with the cast headlined by morgan freeman. >> reporter: along with the brother turned against brother story line, an action set below decks and behind gleaming steeds. >> there's nothing more spectacular than seeing four horses riding in unison. >> you should have killed me. >> reporter: rising star jack houston found that playing leads in this 2016 incarnation also meant performing with the imminent morgan freeman. sometimes actors are intimidated by their first opportunity to act with you. >> that's as it should be. >> yeah. >> i'm a really good actor. >> reporter: what should people know that's different about this version of the movie? >> i'm a big lover of the '59 version. while that's a story about revenge, this is a story about hope and love and forgiveness and redemption. >> this is re-imagining. >> reporter: backing the quest for freedom, what's fun to play about that? >> i'm quite a powerful character. it's good to be the king. >> reporter: another significant update, it's multicultural approach heartening to the woman who plays esther, judah's >> i'm

morgan freeman is here. steve martorano is here. and music from young the g there's an annual summer event not too far from here in laguna beach called pageant of the masters. this is something they do every year. it's happening through the end of the month. an all-volunteer cast get dressed up to re-enact famous paintings and other works of art. they have real people dress up in costume to look like mona lisa, the last supper, the scream, and they look exactly like them. it's amazing. i've been to it many times. it's a lot of fun. and this week it was even more fun because our very own guillermo played a role. guillermo, are you an art lover >> yes. >> jimmy: you do love art. [ laughter ] >> yes. >> jimmy: who is your favorite artist, may i ask? >> there are so many i -- >> jimmy: there are so many. [ laughter ] just name one of them. just one. just whatever pops out of your head. >> oh, my god. katie. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> jimmy: very good. katie of course. referring to my daughter. anyway, here's guillermo. great art lover

please welcome morgan freeman! [ cheers and applause ] ? >> jimmy: morgan. [ cheers and applause ] raucous crowd. they didn't care about me that much. i mean, it's you really they're interested in seeing. and who can blame them? >> you were saying legendary. that's what -- stuff like that. >> jimmy: that's the sort of thing that -- [ cheers and applause ] i was hoping that you'd wear the dreadlocks for the show tonight. did you take that home? that wig? [ laughter ] >> no. >> jimmy: forget i even said that. let's start over. >> it is something, though. i liked it. >> jimmy: did you enjoy it? >> yes, of course. >> jimmy: you had like a george clinton type vibe there with those dreadlocks. >> i had a wig guy whose family had been in the wig-making business for generations. and he made the wig for me in "driving miss daisy." >> jimmy: oh, he did? wow. [ cheers and applause ] that's when you know you're an important man, when you have a personal wigmaker. [ laughter ] who's been doing it for generations. wigs for gener that's pretty impressive.

chris connelly stat down with the cast headed by morgan freeman. >> reporter: along with the brotherainst brother story line, an action set below deck and behind gleaming steeds. >> there's nothing more spectacular than seeing four horses riding in unison. >> should have stayed away. >> you should have killed me. >> reporter: rising that playing leads in this 2016 incarnation also meant performing with morgan freeman. sometimes actors are intimidated by their first opportunity to act with you. >> that's as it should be. >> yeah. >> i'm a really good actor. >> reporter: what should people know that's different about this version of the movie? >> i'm a big lover of the '59 version. while that's a story about revenge, this is a story about hope and love and forgiveness and redemption. >> this is more of a reimagining. >> reporter: backing the quest for freedom. what's fun to play about that? >> i'm a powerful character. it's good to be the king. >> reporter: another update, the multicultural approach, hartening to the woman who plays the beloved. >> i'm middle eastern and iranian. to pl

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he identified fraud, saying arthur freeman, accused of using gasoline to set his boat on fire. the state lab identified gas in their samples. a judge overturned the case and the state had to pay freeman $250,000. >> they don't follow any written procedures. >> reporter: after getting john's complaint, the agency sent their the lab in january. when looking at the freeman case, the investigator found that the compounds found in the data were not chartistic of gasoline. after randomly sampling cases, they found concerns of 5:00s aresy with 14 of them. the report states the issue is not whether protocols were followed, rather, it appears to cools. >> when the acredittation gets pulled, that's a big deal to the crime lab. >> >> reporter: this woman said no one told us that the lab's acredittation was suspended. she said this information should be shared with other labs. >> if the prosecutors know about it, that's a really big problem. if they do know about it and are not sending it the defense attorney, it's an even bigger problem. >> problems identified could send innocent people t

today freeman appeared in court for a plea hearing. court records say negotiations are underway for a settlement...so the hearing was schreuled for august 26th. she could face up to 45 years in prison if convicted on all 5 felonies. new tonight, almost four years after his death the family of brandon johnson, a patient the milwaukee county mental health complex is filing a civil rights lawsuit. they announced the action today...and cbs 58's bill walsh joins us in the studio with more ..bill. has slipped out of the public eye in recent years, but it got a lot of attention at the time.brandon johnson was 25-years old when he was arrested for erratic behavior in october of 2012. he was sent to the mental health complex and that's where he died. "we saw him on a video as he walked into the mental health complex unassisted. we know that sometime after entering the facility, brandon ?????? was severely fractured. his spine was damaged." damaged." 3 at the news conference announcing the lawsuit seeking what attorneys call justice for the fami

get this, morgan freeman plays a nubian sheik who trains ben hur how to ride in the movie and he was actually 22 years old when the 1959 version came out. i wanted to know where was he and i spoke to jack houston about shooting that famous chariot race. >> i got out of the military in

>> trevor: morgan freeman, a perfect choice. who better to humanize hillary clinton then the man that made us fall in love with penguins, people. after katy perry, chelsea clinton, hillary walked out on the stage. i will put it out this. i don't know if i trust a presidential candidate who doesn't inappropriately touch their daughter. [laughing] >> trevor: i don't know, people. where is the sexual tension? something is missing. hillary's speech touched on a lot of themes. first she had to shout out to the man she beta long the way. >> i want to thank bernie sanders. bernie, your campaign inspired millions of americans. particularly the young people who threw their hearts and souls into our primary. [ applause ] >> you put economic and social justice issues front and center, where they belong. and to all of your supporters here and around the country i want you to know i have heard you. >> trevor: so now shut the hell up, and let me do my speech. here is $27, enjoy your bus ride back to vermont. go on. no, that was sweet, though.

i had to talk to morgan freeman at the end of the film, i lost, here you go. it was interesting. the worst thing was sitting in the heat with the costumes. but that was not that tough anyway. >> a unique opportunity that once-in-a-lifetime when you have this opportunity i absolutely scared, happy, excited, i got all kind of mixed emotions when i finally signed to do this. i could never look at it as a job. it truly transcended my own expectations and craft as an actor itself. it was a personal journey, it was something that cannot compare to anything else i have done before just because of this figure of jesus. i do my best -- tried my best and it was beautiful, completely unique and unforgettable. big break playing a hitman on the hit series "boardwalk empire he is kicking his i gear by taking on the title role of ben hur. >> we were between by my own brother. >> we have done nothing wrong. >> i realized it was remake, it was a reimagining of the beautiful book. i felt it was very years ago, over, about a time to thousand years ago and yet i saw the similarities in today's world

. >>> after 25 years, behind bars, anthony wright, walk out of prison this he can, a freeman. he was serving life sentence for a crime that dna evidence now says that he to not commit. tuesday night, jim's off i'm monica malpass. the big story on "action news" is release of the man wrongly quick in the rape and murder of an elderly neighbor 25 years ago. that crime happened in the nicetown section of philadelphia in 1991. new dna evidence points to another man, and today, jurors deliberated for less than two hours before returning the not guilty verdict. "action news" reporter dann cuellar is outside the criminal justice center live for us with the details, dann? >> reporter: monica,t is hope of all people of goodwill that innocence people do not end up in jail but of course they do. in this case illustrates once again how science can exonerate the innocence. even long after they have been wrongfully convicted of crimes. >> wow. >> reporter: after almos25 years prison, 44 year-old tony wright, walked out a free hand raising his arms in the air with his lawyers, and members of

it's headed by wonderful fellow named robert freeman. over the years he has been an enormous resource to folks like myself and anybody who's really try to dig records to be able to guide you as to what you can do. on his website, he has put together, and this is a document state of mind pieced, he has 25000 advisory opinions that he's written. he has them organized and website by subject. if you doing police, you can look under police and he has several hundred under that heading. most of them are digitized. you can read them for from your disk. not all of them. sometimes you call them up and they will send them to you. who else has been down this road? who else, i get be the first person to really want this information. i try to look to see who else has already asked for it and state my request that way. the other piece of it, been you are the master of this, every agency under new york state law is supposed to have a subject matter list. it's supposed to be up on their website, its post be available, most agencies fill that role. what

freeman investigated and when right to the d.a. at the time. --we at the time. >> i went to see the d.a. at the time and to tell him that i had concerns and that i have some sort of the bond forfeiture irregularities that maybe criminal going on within my office that had been brought to my attention. >> reporter: smith is the last of the suspects in this scheme to be tried. on other bondsman pleaded guilty and another convicted. they all involved heroin and they were all reported monday afternoon. last august there were 39 cases for the whole month. authorities are investigating what has made the latest batch of heroin so potent. >>> the death toll continues to rise in maryland after last week's explosion at an apartment complex. a seventh body has been to found in the flowery branch apartments in silver spring. the explosion shook buildings more than 30 people were injured, including 35. six people are still unaccounted for. the cause of the fire is under investigation other presidents did report smelling gas before the explosion. >>> 18,000 a

kevina freeman" is safety?... after she backed into a squad car during a traffic stop.a deputy had to "jump"... to avoid getting hit. the other one was holding onto the ?driver's side door.? freeman's ?mother? fell into the concrete median.the next court date in this case... is august 26-th. looking ahead - a franklin pizza shop manager accused of locking a teenaged waitress in the freezer will learn his fate today. today.28-year-old ?chad napierala? admitted to eralsevbusive acts... like restraining the waitress with wash towels and handcuffing was trying to help the high school junior. ?napierala? faces up to 12 years behind bars if convicted. he'll be in milwaukee county court at 8:15 this morning. 3 in our campaign 2016 coverage--- in less than 90 minutes--- voters here in wisconsin will head to the poll. polls.it's the final state primary before the general election in november. november.cbs 58's kyle aevermann joins us live from waukesha with what you need to know before you head to the polls.kyle? state off

kevin freeman says this as some people concerned new development. >> > aner said we have some problems cleaning the car windshield looking at the map, there is the flash flood watch beginning at 2:00 p.m. today for a good portion of northeast ohio unti tomorrow at 8:00 o'clock. greatest chance of torrential rainfall. 81 degrees clevelan. everybody with two points in th low to mid '70s it is tropical. temperature yesterda 92 may the 22nd day of 90 plus temperature stayed at that leve from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. until it went down. but do not 78 last night. hopefully you had some air-conditioning. this had been such inhumane heat the last few days. rainstorms alon the cold front a slow-moving system. it will be the culprit of at least, one of the reasons thatat flooding is possible tod. it will last week. i maps in motion, the storm clustersrs that go throug the afternoon, early evening about eight or 9:00 p.m. looks the afternoon, early evening about eight or 9:00 p.m. looks lik localize showers.th never expected rainfall the entire weekend, when it did flareup, it would be intense.e

. >> the daughter, a defense attorney was charged as kevin freeman gives us a look at the body camera video. >> on thursday, just before midnight, 30-year-old sydney saffold calls bratenahl police after getting into a physical altercation with her mother.li her mother is cuyahoga county common pleas judge gets the judge's versionff.. >> she hit me, i babysat she screamed and got mad >> what happened after that? >> then i pop turned back. >> she is really intoxicated. >> i know she is. >> according to the report, she punched her mother and then the judgeert defended herself sydney saffold refuses to tell what happened. >> ,ut she says that she is a defense attorney and you're not going to get much out of her. >> efyou call the police you understand how the situation is you are drunke and you got a cu on the side of your face. >> asi she agrees to make a written statement than changes her mind. >> i'm not going to make a written statement. >> she refuses treatment and they become frustrated when she refuses to tell what happened. according to the report they determined that she was the

kevina freeman" is charged with ?endangering safety?... after she backed into a squad car during a "jump"... to avoid getting hit. the other one was holding onto the ?driver's side door.? freeman's ?mother? fell into the concrete median.the next court date in this case... is august 26-th. looking ahead - a franklin pizza shop manager accused locking a teenaged waitress in the freezer will learn his fate today. today.28-year-old ?chad napierala? admitted to several abusive acts... like restraining the waitress with wash towels and handcuffing her to shelves.he claims he was trying to help the high school junior. ?napierala? faces up to bars if convicted. he'll be in milwaukee county court at 8:15 this morning. 3 in our campagin 20-16 coverage--- today is primary election day in wisconsin. wisconsin.polls open at ?seven? this morning and close at eight tonight.you ?will? need a photo i-d at your polling place.... to cast a ballot.also, you can only vote in ?one? party's primary. speaker of the house and wisconsin representative paul ryan did

they were gathered at their word that they were not tackling very well this is the 19 yarder from freeman t board is a 7-7 for parking. he says all do it again. and then they just could notot stop the visitors who rang out they celebrate five guys for at progressive field back up at tht wall. it will clear the bases. early in the contest as they move on. how about jos? ramirez. they continue to call back they trailed by 4-3 count when very the finals.it when i think like that thatth looks like he stayed dry very quick reflexes there he bolt won his third straight olympic 200-meter gold medal he's won three straight 100 gold medal and we still try to win three in and here's coach k logging on the facebook probably blocking a few people as they went to practice yesterday and they arey getting ready for today's big spain isst spainin played togethr all out of sports time for susan send it back your way. s keep it right here for more fox 8 news in the morning

funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, newman's own foundation, giving all profits from newman's own to charity and pursuing the common good, kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs, and aruba tourism authority. >> planning a vacation escape that is relaxing, inviting, and exciting is a lot easier than you think. you can find it here, in aruba. families, couples, and friends can all find their escape on the island with warm, sunny days, cooling trade winds, and the crystal blue caribbean sea. nonstop flights are available from vacation planning is available at aruba.com. >> and now, "bbc world news america." jane: we speak to some of the survivors. and giving foster families in russia a safe and secure place to grow up. team tells the story of one small village outside of moscow. jane: welcome to "world news america." racingteams are to find survivors from yesterday's earthquake, which killed more than 250 people. one of the worst hit towns is where james reynolds reports. james: look at the town and see if you can find anywhe

actor morgan freeman calls it a re-imagining of the 19-59 classic. but -- there are concerns the big budget film could be summer's biggest flop. more's sean mcallister has reaction from the faith-based community about the upcoming film. "ben hur" is a dark horse in the race for the top of the box office. the big budget biblical epic costing 100-million dollars to make... downey says: it's really bold. but you haven't seen ben hur until you've seen this ben hur! but the problem -- is that a lot of people might not see "ben hur." industry magazine "variety" posting a new report indicating that the faith-based community might be the film's only chance at success. really dates back a few years now to when we did the bible series. it was really a game changer and it opened the door to a lot more people. here in las vegas -- pastor james moseley says there is a definite need for mainstream projects with a faith-based message. moseley says: that's the awesome part about the faith-based films is that they do bring forth the conversations that get people to h

according to the waueksha freeman... school officials blame increasing student vouchers for lower enrollment. if approved... taxpayers would see a two dollar increase on a 200- thousand dollar home. tonight the "finance and facilities committe" is set to discuss has to be approved by the school board. a budget hearing is now set for september 14th. 3 there are many disappointed sports fans this morning thanks to an unexpected cancellation in canton. the hall of fame game was cancelled before it even started. safety outweighed the need for the packers and colts to play on a field that the league said was not ideal for play. cbs 58's sports director kevin holden was there and has more from the field. good morning from canton, ohio. the nfl and the hlal of fame game organizers were with a chaotic situation game last night. it was time to play the hall of fame game.. the first game of the nfl's pre-season. but there was a little problem with the field. it was used the previous night for brett favre's inshrinement ceremony..a

funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, newman's own foundation, giving all profits from newman's own to charity and pursuing the common good. kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and aruba tourism authority. >> planning a vacation escape that is relaxing, inviting, and exciting is a lot easier than you think. you can find it here, in aruba. families, couples, and friends can all find their escape on the island with warm sunny days, cooling trade winds, and the crystal blue caribbean sea. nonstop flights are available rom most major airports. more information for your vacation planning is available at aruba.com. >> and now, "bbc world news merica." >> this is "bbc world news america" reporting if washington. i'm katty kay the donald trump talks walls, immigrants and, yes, trade with the president of mexico. out of power but not out of the fight. brazil's dill ma rouse elve -- rousseff vows to appeal her impeachment. and why even riders on the famous trans-siberian railway re talking about donald trump. welcome to our viewer

according to the waueksha freeman... school officials blame increasing enrollment. if approved... taxpayers would see a 2 dollar increase on a 200-thousand dollar home. tonight the "finance and facilities committe" is set to discuss the spending plan at their 5:30 meeting. the budget still has to be approved by the school board. a hearing is now scheduled for september 14th. it's a 'back to school' monday for mps students enrolled in 10 year-round schools.children on this schedule have a longer fall, winter and spring breaks. students spend the same number of days in school as those on the traditional schedule. there's a new festival coming to our area this fall. the inaugural chinese lantern festival will be held in october at boerner botanical gardens.it will be a celebration of asian culture featuring 40 larger-than-life sculptural lantern displays...from a three-foot baby panda to a three-story chinese palace pagoda. there dancers, and jugglers. coming up on the cbs 58 news at noon... a terrifying day at an amusement park for one family as their son dies on the world's tallest

how about two off the scoreboard....freddie freeman gives a chase anderson offering a ride...it's 4-2. freeman hit a second solo shot to cut the braves deficit to 4-3 in earns the save..with help from rookie orlando are'-cia. that young man's a magician with the glove! 4-3 brewers; they go for a series split tomorrow afternoon. by the way, stunning news out of houston where the astros have designated former brewer carlos gomez for assnment! from stunning to just plain sad in in the case of prince fielder. today the rangers made it official; after a second neck surgery, doctors will not medically clear the ex prolific brewers slugger. it's just too dan or loved the game-and his teammates more. "you know im reall going to miss, going to miss being around those guys cuz i you know theyre a lot of fun. ive just been in a big league clubhouse since i was their age so its a you know to not be able to play on...unless you're nfl superstar jj watt. the former badger personifies tough. but jj "really" experienced "tough" when he and his father john visited the fire station in his hometown of p

betweenre cc judge adult daughter, the daughter, a defense attorney was arrested and charged as kevin freeman gives us a look at the body cam videoorg. on thursday just before midnight, 30-year-old sydney saffold calls police after getting into an altercation wit her mothercli. her mother is cuyahoga common pleas judge shirley strickland saffold, an officerer gets the judge's vers according to the report, sydney after mother then the judge defendant or so, outside, sydney saffold refuses to tell what happened. >> > >> she says that she is a defense attorney and likely to get much out of her >> defense attorney or not, you mother as a judge and you call the police and understand the side of your face. >> > alicea scored her inside to drop off her 3-year-old, she agrees to make a written statement thanak changes her mi. >> the daughter refuses that it will treatment and officers become frustrateder when she refuses to tell what happened. >> going to the report, they determined that sydney saffold was the aggressor, she was arrested and then kevin freeman fox 8 news. >> video shows judge saffold

." >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation.ewman's own foundation, giving all profits from newman's own to charity and pursuing the common good. kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and aruba tourism authority. >> planning a vacation escape that is relaxing, inviting, and exciting is a lot easier than you think. you can find it here in aruba. families, couples, and friends can all find their escape on the island with warm sunny days, cooling tradewinds, and the crystal blue caribbean sea. nonstop flights are available from most major airports. more information for your vacation planning is available at aruba.com. >> and now, bbc "world news america." >> this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. a war of words in the presidential campaign. it is barack obama and donald. hundreds attend the funeral of a french priest murdered by extremists as they search to stop such attacks. a dutch runner scored olympic gold in 1948 breaking down barriers along the way. ♪

freeman hit a cut the braves deficit to 4-3 in the 8th. but new closer tyler thornburg earns the save..with help from rookie orlando are'-cia. that young man's a magician with the glove! 4-3 brewers; they go for a series split tomorrow afternoon. by the way, stunning news out of houston where the astros have designated tomorrow afternoon. by the way, stunning news out of houston where the astros have designated former brewer carlos gomez for assnment! from stunning to just plain sad in in the case of prince fielder. the rangers made second neck surgery, doctors will not medically clear the ex prolific brewers slugger. it's just too dangerous. no one played harder or loved the game-and his teammates more. "you know im reall going to miss, going to miss being around those guys cuz i you know theyre a lot of fun. ive just been in a big league clubhouse since i was their age so its a you know to not be able to play is going to be tough." here's a lighter story to end on...unless you're nfl superstar jj watt. the former badger personifies tough

funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, newman's own foundation, giving all profits from newman's own to charity and pursuing the common good, kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs, and aruba tourism authority. >> planning a vacation escape that is relaxing, inviting, and exciting is a lot easier than you think. you can find it here, in aruba. families, couples, and friends can all find their escape on the island with warm, sunny days, cooling trade winds, and the crystal blue caribbean sea. nonstop flights are available from most major airports. more information for your vacation planning is available at aruba.com. >> and now, "bbc world news america." laura: this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i laura trevelyan. amwarnings about conditions in the city of aleppo. citizens struggling to survive without electricity and running water. thawing relations between turkey and russia. should the west be worried about this budding friendship? the u.s. women's gymnastic team fights for gold in rio. the latest o