henry lewis gates in particular. caved.ffleck had another relative who fought in the revolution and how proud mr. affleck was of that. >> was in the revolutionary army? >> that's right. your grandfather volunteered to serve in the army. he fought in the american revolution. >> wow. that is incredible. >> you're a descendent of a patriot. >> and a slave owner. but that didn't make it -- ben shapiro, editor in chief and radio host good to see you. he's a descendent of patriot then things took a turn for the worse and we weren't going to find out about it. what does it say about him and some on the left who are so politically driven and quick to judge others? >> well it's kind of amazing that he attempted to stifle it. of all of the things in ben affleck's background. the slave owner, if that's what rue mill yates him, he's got a lot to cover up. ben affleck has a wonderful story. including the slave owner. his mom marched for civil rights. look how far mechanic has come. he could say v said, look. >> that's the problem. how d

this information was revealed from a series of e-mails published an wikileaks between henry lewis gates jr. and michael linten. in one exchange gates said for the first one one of our guests has asked us to edit something out about his history. linten replies i would take it out if no one knows. in the end it did not focus on that. it focussed on his mother who marched for civil rights and another relative. let's get down to business with landon dowdy. >> good monday morning to you. sources close to the matter cell moibs that come cast and cable will discuss their $45 billion merger which was announced and reports say regulators is concerned it will give the company too much control over the broad bant internet market. you'll only be able to get espn and espn two if you subscribe to a bigger bundle. the nfl network and regional sports networks. the markets look to rebound after a sharp selloff. a ton of earnings this week. a quarter of the s&p 500 expected to report big results. >> let's get to sports action. the cavaliers took on the celtics for game one. kyrie irvin led all scorers wi

henry laws gates. he digs up people's past. we found out that ben affleck had slave-owning ancestors and in a confidential e-mail henry lewis gatesed for advice about what he should do should he edit out? affleck asked him to. this is part of american history. you know ben you didn't own slaves and i guess the sensitivity but it is sort of causing a stink. causing a bigger deal than if he had said nothing. >>> finally the royal baby. let's talk about that. we were asking each other. is this a bigger deal here or there? >> you know, it is hard to say. i think it is a bigger deal there a lot of people don't care about the royals there i don't think we are going to have a lot of people camping out and waiting, not like they will be in london. we don't know the exact due date. kate did say sometime in april a few months ago she said mid- april. could be this weekend, could be this week, could be next week. >> in the meantime their lives are going on. >> right. >> see how that works. >> these must be people without jobs, clearly. >> thank you. thank you so much for stopping by. >>> round one of today's rainstorms wrapping up. >> allis

this is what he said when he was e-mailing henry lewis gates., quote, i would take it out if no one knows. if it gets out you are editing the material based on this sensitivity it gets tricky. all things being equal, i would take it out. he missed the whole part about being a good person is doing the right thing when no one is looking. >> i think this is another example of julian assange and his evil wikileaks organization putting americans' lives in danger. >> really? you think ben affleck's rife is in danger now? >> i wouldn't pus it past the world. >> what do you mean by the world? >> is this what wikileaks is doing now? >> they are fighting the good fight. >> i don't blame them. >> all of the information is equal to wikileaks. that's what wikileaks' problem is. >> i bet it was his agent and not even i'm h. his agent probably said let's keep this quiet. i'm sure ben affleck didn't care. if he thought about it half a second he wouldn't have made a fuss because now it is a story. it is kind of cool that his ancestors owned slaves and his mother

one of his distant relatives was a slave owner, affleck asked host and distinguished professor henry lewis gateso sensor his family history because he was embarrassed. affleck spoke out for the first time tuesday night posting on facebook. i lobbied him the same way i lobby directors, wrote affleck. adding i regret my initial thoughts that the issue of slavery not be in the story. what aired was whitewashed. no mention of affleck's family history. the admission only going public after internal e-mails inside sony were hacked then widely reported on. gates writes sony's ceo. we've never had anyone try to censor or edit what we found. he's a megastar. what do we do? he said i would take it out if no one knows. but if it gets out you are editing based on this sensitivity, it gets tricky. pbs says it's conducting an internal review. >> you have impressive roots. >> you know i find this very powerful. >> reporter: the show is over but the controversy is not. for "today," miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angele >> i think those telling e-mails are really a major part of the story. back and forth on this

the host of the show henry lewis gates e-mailed his friend head of sony and said, he doesn't want thisal integrity. he has told us that after reviewing approximately ten hours of footage for the episode he and his producers made an independent editorial judgment to choose the most compelling narrative. >> the narrative they went with was a relative that became an acultist after the civil war. other celebrities have found out they had ancestors who were slave owners, ken burns anderson cooper and they did follow that story. the acultist story is probably one they haven't followed before but some are saying it's censorship. >> that's how it appears to me. >> you can't write your history. >> can't rewrite it either. >> new york city prices are crazy with apartments but this one is like -- >> demi moore is selling her place insane. listing it for $75 million. >> it's a steal. >> she owns the south tower. >> bono owns the other one. >> wants to borrow a couple sugar. owns a triplex at the top of the tower. >> the same -- >> the one that rejected madonna. thanks but no thanks. sweeping stair