other than the fact john singleton is the big name?en i was 12 i'm 25 now. it was july 2015 and at the time i was just happy to be working. when we started filming i'll realized out big of a fish i caught working with john singleton and the impact it will have on my journey as young actor going forward. an important story we're tel telling. so definitely very passionate. >> you talk about the passion here. what is it is the take away when people see this on television what will be the take away? we know what again what happened and how how bad thing got during the crack epidemic. >> they got to see it first, but just know that it's weighed n we know a whole generation two people have lived this thing, but it was -- i call it the best of times and the worst of times. you know what i mean? because when it's really really dicey, we still have fun. they really getting it from -- really getting it from the south central west side kind of like the -- what the story is, and, um, you really see the transition and explore what these characters

directed by john singleton. >> i wanted to make what was voiced as i seen as a young black man growing. the los angeles police department was an occupying voice. it really became a war zone. >> i didn't do nothing. >> you think you tough, huh. >> four los angeles police officer who is appeared in that video tape of the rodney king beating went on trial today. >> defense attorneys claiming they couldn't get a fair trial in los angeles got the case moved to more conservative ventura county. >> it felt like the officers were being sent to a friendly venue and more friendly than a downtown l.a. jury would have been. >> the defense picked apart the videotape and every image was turned around to say see where king is threatening the police officer. it's not about race. it's about king resisting. >> you didn't see him to have a weapon? >> yes, i did. >> what kind of a weapon did he have? >> it was his body. >> we're ready. we're well prepared to take care of any eventuality. >> we find the defendant not guilty of a crime of assault. >> i don't think many people were expecting, not reporters.

two we chat with john singleton about his we're going to talk to food porn.in posted a lot of food pictures on instagram and for whatever reason his took off and he's famous for it. he'll join us live in the loft with tips on food pictures. >> and also, part two. so big we had to split it up skins head coach we'll share more from monday visit in the loft it was epic and he wept more in-depth of charity and all coming up later on good day d.c. >> will there be more karaoke. >> all right. >> time for fox beat now. >> kev. >> steve, allison, back to you guys. >> i'm excited to be. it's about i movie set it off. i didn't want to get to the idea of ed sheeran wanting to quit twitter it's obviously filled with hate shape of you is a great song and he talks about the idea i go on twitter and there's nothing but people saying mean things. and he's 100% right. >> there's a lot of that. >> everything you find on twitter people use it as a platform to talk badly about people behind their computers. ♪ >> he's still currently having his water and he's posting on instra. >

and the jo -- creator john singleton joins us and one of the stars. thanks so much for coming into the studio. "snowfall" taking place in 1983, you know what people are going to be talk about talking aboing connection to the hit movie "boyz in the hood". >> well, it happens a year and a half after the events of "snowfall." "snowfall" start in '83 so what we're trying to do is show this is before crack hits the streets. this is when people didn't have bars on their homes and fence in their lawns in south l.a. if you were a kid and you did something wrong, the lady up the street wouldn't be afraid to tell you mama that you were messing up. >> and you might get a spanking by that lady up the street. >> might? >> definitely would get a spanking. so the thing is, it really showed when crack comes in, how it changes the whole mor of the neighborhood. you know, and we do this at the neighborhood level in south central but we have a cia operative in the show and you see how the machinations go between how they're funding cocaine -- cheap cocaine into los ange

. >> and coming up tomorrow, we'll have john singleton will be live in the loft to talk about his new show snowfall. actress and singer mannedy moore and what's going on with her. we'll have details after this. now at havertys furniture, special pricing and financing make this a great time to save. through august 7th, find savings in every room. plus, twenty-four month, no interest financing makes every decision that much easier. with havertys, your home can be perfect. even when life isn't. i'm going to the movies with britney. havertys. life looks good. >> a shoplifting ares in mannasas virginia. >> it turns out it was a case of mistaken identity even though the cowboys waived the new york jets claimed n him offer waivers. his agent joined us. >> he's going through fist walk through and first day of training camp and says how about areceipt on june 22. they called me and asked me the same thing. we were blind sided. i told him if there wa

i just imagine the ghost of john singleton mosby wondering the mosby mountain subdivision. maybe you think about exploring the memory. >> no sheridan lane, probably. this institution ought to celebrate sheridan's birthday -- hadar because at the he a great his orders, this institution would probably be down in lynchburg -- had he obeyed his orders, this institution would probably be down in lynchburg. >> when i was reading the book on mexico, one of the chapters talks about all the confederate soldiers that went to mexico and half their families would pay for their children to go to university and they also got involved with the oil and as years went on, in the 30's, they were after our government to be more accommodating to the oil that was being drilled by the confederates families, and i never heard any historic -- historian referred to the confederates that ended up in mexico. they can create their own town in brazil where they have ceremonies in the confederacy. >> there is a book on it. >> national geographic did a big story with pictures. >> there is a small literatu

director john singleton will be live in the loft to talk about the hit tv show sno snowfall. actress and singer mannedy more is snv well this is not what you expect to find when you onen a can of potato chips. customs and border protection officers inspected a package mailed from hong kong to the u.s.. rodrigo franko was charged with illegally importing the snake. he had previously received a bunch of king cobras and planned to give five to one of contact's relatives in virginia. if convicted he could spend up to 20 years if prison. >>> we're also staying on top of developments involving missing members of africa robotics team. we now know two of the teens are located and safe in canada. we spoke with the immigration refugees and citizenship agency in kansas day about what's next. they told us because the country has strict privacy laws they cannot disclose information. whereabouts of others remany mystery. they came to participate in international robotic competition. they disappeared a day after the contest ended. >> if you have a rumba one of these guys that vacuum your ho

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joining me now is the acclaimed filmmaker john singleton of the series "the people versus o.j.d. he's featured in cnn's new series the nineties. your new one? >> snowfall. >> let's talk about the people versus o.j. simpson, the ongoing and then the mini series. let's watch the clip and then we'll talk about it. >> we have 62 instances of simpson beating and stalking nicole. >> this is a murder case, not a domestic violence case. >> people do admire me. >> it's my hope we can treat each other with respect. >> i try to be respectful. >> i'm trying to win. >> what to you think will happen tomorrow? what do you think should happen? >> they said he hadn't done anything in the nine years he's been there. he's been a model prisoner. ironically, he hasn't taken an extra ketchup or mail pack. that was an actual quote, something like that. i mean, hey, he's not doing anybody any harm, you know. >> can you believe the fascination around this still? >> it's drama. it's season opera. it's real season opera, you know. it is very fascinating. you think about where he started, and where he tra

a claimed director john singleton from boys in the hood and too fast too furious also we'll chat withd snowfall. joining him the star of the that series. >> we will enjoy a little food important with 22-year-old justin shoe bell the name of his blog. d. blogger who's food pictures turn him into a instagram star will be joining us live in the loft. >>> part two of our chat with redskins coach jay gruden. we'll hear more about his charity he and his wife and little more football too coming up later on good day dc. don't yourself a favor, don't miss it. >> going to be a good show to today. >> how about this weather? putting on a show today? >> listen we didn't get much rain in the move june so honestly we can use some rain. >> okay. >> okay. like that spin. >> i'm trying give this a nice spin. cloud showers and storms that's the bottom line in the forecast today. humidity that is really going to stick around here. feels very wet outside this morning. lots of humidity along with temperatures in the 70s. 76 now in washington. 75 good morning leonardtown. 78 in quantico. let's go north and

. >> plus director john singleton and actor damien in the loft to dish on the new hit fx show snowfall to talk with actress mandy moore. got a little bit of scoop on some of the biggest unanswered questions from the first season of "this is us". >> widely popular. it will be cool much that's coming up little more than an hour. coming up right now tucker barnes. >> i like our new guest day collage guest list? you like that. >> put together by photo grid the app. >> right. >> cloudy and sticky today. we are going to be looking at daytime highs in the upper 80s. little more humidity little more heat than yesterday but nothing too extreme. we're not talking about the 90s the last week but not the wonderful weather we around here th all right. 73 now in washington. 72 leonardtown. 70 dulles. little bit warmer than yesterday. mostly cloudy for everybody early this morning. not going to rain here the first part of the day but as we get into the afternoon some of this energy out to the west little trough will drop in and that may kick up enough convection here we can get a shower or thundersto

. >> plus director john singleton and.gets a scoop on some of the biggest unanswered questions from the first season of this is us. >> time for the fox beat. kev is here with that. good morning. >> steve, maureen, good morning. how is your day going so far. >> better now. >> great job with the q and a. interviews were fantastic. >> thank you. did you a great job too. >> breaking overnight i believe everyone has seen this video. police are saying singer justin bieber accidentally hit a paparazzi photographer with his truck while leaving church services last night in beverly hills. obviously you're seeing the footage right now. you know, it was obviously an accident. you can tell it was an accident from the video. bieber stayed at the scene. tmz did post the video of the incident. i believe we'll see it again repeated here shortly. but you can actually -- it shows the large truck moving slow orange line and then striking the photographer as i mentioned bieber did stay at the scene and by the photographer's side until the par

joining me now is the acclaimed filmmaker, john singleton, a director of "the people versus o.j. simpson", great minute series as well as the groundbreaking "boys in the hood." and your new one on fx is? >> snowfall. >> we'll talk about that. let's talk about "the people versus o.j. simpson". >> the ongoing. >> and the miniseries. let's watch a clip, and then we'll talk about it. >> we have 62 instances of simpson beating and stalking nicole. >> we find blood where there should be no blood. >> this is a murder case, not a domestic violence case. >> people do admire me, johnny. >> it's my hope we can treat each other with respect. >> i ain't trying to be respectful. i'm trying to win. >> what do you think will happen tomorrow? what do you think should happen? >> they should let him go. they said he hadn't done anything in the nine years he has been there. he has been a model prisoner. ironically, he hasn't taken extra ketchup or mayo pack in jail. they have an actual quote of something like that. hey, he is not doing anybody harm, you know. >> can you believe the fascination aroun