tonight a conversation with jeffrey wright. he is cursed starring in the second installment of the hunger games titled catching fire. also joined the cast of "boardwalked series empire." we are glad you joined us. a conversation with jeffrey wright coming up right now. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. wright'sffrey distinguished career includes a tony award-winning role in "angels in america." earlier this year he joined the cast of hbo's "boardwalk empire" playing a harlem-based gangster. he is starring with jennifer lawrence in the second hunger games. the movie opens this weekend. you know? >> a shimmering. you see it. >> it's like glass. >> look around you, all the holograms and lights. >> because the force field is taking up too much energy. glad to have you back on. your talent is immense. you are so versatile. how did you enter "the hunger games." >> i was asked. director, a brilliant director francis lawrence and i had come close to working together on another of his movies

. >> reporter: jeffrey wright walks through a bank-owned home in california, a city the mayor said had 1 sthouz foreclosures last year and planned to use imminent domain to buy under water mortgages isn't going down well. >> any time you have an involuntary and hostile set of circumstances, there is likely to be adverse consequences. >> reporter: he holds a list of 624 homes they are targeting to buy from banks at current market values and refinance to be affordable. the mayor says it will keep people in the homes and save richmond millions in fees. >> we're seeking voluntary purchase and if they don't sell voluntarily, we'll utilize legal authority of imminent domain. this is, again, a last record. >> reporter: no bank has volunteered, but the city counsel doesn't yet have the votes to force imminent domain. critics say many of the targeted homes are in nice neighborhoods, two on this street and loans aren't dell link went. >> judges have sued and there isn't a plan yet. other cities are considering using imminent domain but don't want the expensive lawsuits. >> boston massachusetts l

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agents and inspiration for the movie "jerry mcguire" lee steinberg and jeffrey wright, "boardwalk empires "franchise. we are trying to bring in a broader range of perspectives to talk about sports. and let's start off with pop warner. they reported that in the past two years they have seen a 10% drop in enrollment. and the medical director said they think that it's because of all the reporting and awareness about concussions. do you guys think this bodes for a larger trend in the sport of football? >> if mothers start fearing this, you will start to see players back away from football. because their moms will tell them you can't do this. and it will -- the socioeconomics of football will change. >> united states will win the world cup. >> i didn't even know what i a concussion was. i got knock out one game and i told the coach, coach i got a concussion. he says can you go in on third down? and this was in 2001. so now i think the football is going to be different from now until forever. they're never going to have the same type of problems that they had in the past because they know what

we've had jeffrey wright here. we're going to have all of the stars coming to "gma."dway farms. robin is sitting down with the two of them in just a moment. who caught that? >> oh, wow. >> it's sure to be a good one. >>> d.j. pro style, spinning us into the weekend. >> guess what is the burning up twitter? our surprise justin bieber preview of his movie trailer "believe." we have another sneak peek. >> it's bieber. >> going to be here live. you come back. >> i will. i'll be here. >> are we going to take a look or no? >> i was so excited to see justin bieber. joey, you understand. >> i understand. >> joey fatone is here. and in a moment, he's going to join us for a little turkey trivia. before that, we talk about his show. >> it's a great one. this is great. you basically go to a different city. one home. spend a day. it's on the live well network. it's terrific. and you go in and help real cooks deconstruct their recipe. >> family and food, they go together. what better way to have a conversation? you know, you're sitting down, having a meal. and it's cool to go into

randolph- wright captured that in an unusual love story that also casts light on the role of women in a war zone. "love in afghanistan" had its world premiere at arena stage in washington recently. jeffreywn talked to the randolph-wright, who is also the director the hit broadway show, "motown, the musical." here is an excerpt of that conversation. >> brown: i think the first question should be why write about afghanistan, something we see in the news, we cover on this program? >> exactly, often, every day, actually. i read an article. the practice of the young girls dressing up as boys to survive, and it stunned me, and i thought i have to tell this story. and i couldn't get it out of my head and just started reading everything i could, and the next thing i new "love in afghanistan," this play was created. >> brown: when you say "reading everything" suddenly everything in the news? >> yes, because every day there are articles about afghanistan, every day there's something. i looked for all the things that were the other side of afghanistan. you see the things about we're. i wanted to know about the people and about lapis lazalie, and everything i could find. there's a wealth of materia

jeffrey said he never met her, but that is his dna under her fingernails. he killed that girl. sorry, you'll have to wait for discovery. don't be upset, will. clients lie. anthony wrightmr. edelman, were you staffed as an associate on the adoption that is the subject of this lawsuit? i was. and on march 6, 2013, did you send chief joshua proudfoot of the chippewa nation a check for $10,000 to induce the tribe not to object to the adoption? i did. at whose direction did you deliver this inducement? alicia florrick's. schmidt: alicia florrick? are you sure? yes. mrs. florrick told me we had to make the payment to facilitate the adoption. what are you doing? diane: i will remind mrs. florrick that she is not a party to this deposition. she's here as a courtesy. david: and if she interrupts again, she'll be asked to leave. schmidt: so mrs. florrick was the partner supervising you on this matter? anthony: that's correct. were you working at any other partner's behest? no. just mrs. florrick's. you want to tell me what that was about? welcome back. thank you. isn't it nice? we had a partnership position open, so anthony got it. i will file a complaint with the acdb. i will