k. brown. able to give them something to talk about. >> jimmy: oh, i think you will. i mean, come on. >> oh. >> jimmy: just you -- yeah. i mean, do you remember who your commencement speaker -- >> it's so funny, i was thinking about it. i was talking to the president of the university, i said, "i think it was, like, tom brokaw, or peter jennings. maybe it was dan rather." and he was like, "good try. it was actually ted koppel." so i was like, i -- [ laughter ] i knew it was one of those guys, so clearly he didn't leave much of an impression. >> jimmy: no. [ laughter ] >> so i'm hoping -- >> jimmy: yeah. >> that i can give them a a little bit something more than what t.k. >> jimmy: but they are 22-year-old kids. yeah, i mean, yeah. >> t.k. is a beast, don't get me -- >> jimmy: t.k., yeah, no, yeah. >> much respect. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah -- as t.k. it's the -- ted koppel has never been called t.k. in his life. [ laughter and applause ] but, stanford. that's so cool that you got to go to sch

k. brown. >> the ship. >> o money is cool people. >> i love it. >> explain. did that come from? >> shi said i could call her that. i asked. >> what's your nickname? >> sterling k. brown. >> she's kicking butt and taking names. >> ster sling a government agent, also down the take down the creatures from outer space. >> you to know what my job description is? i catch what falls out of the sky. >> reporter: the sci-fi action flick is the latest installment. >> what the hell are you? >> this time, seems olivia is the one that the aliens have to watch out for. scale of 1 to 10, how much of a badass is she? >> 11. >> oh. >> 11. she gets to do way more badass stuff than i do president. >> there's a lot of testosterone on the set. how are you handling the fellas and mare moodiness? >> they're hungry. they're carb-deprived. >> do you all believe in aliens? >> i do. >> you do. >> i think it's silly to think that we're the only people, the only life in the universe. i think you know what is on the ship. the ultimate predators. >> right. so if there's a cameron and nisch

k. brown has to deal with all different personalities on the hit show this is us.like a nearly unrecognizable jodie foster. in the new hotel artemis. >> this hospital was built on two things. trust. an rules. >> your transformation is quite something. i was like, whoa, jodie foster. >> i was like, i'm going to tell people i had 20 hours of prosthetic. the truth is it didn't take long. a wig and a fat pad. the rest is just me. >> jodie runs a secret hospital for criminals. sterling and brian tie rooe henry play brothers who need help after a heist gone bad. >> open the vault now! hit the ground now! >> i like how i pass out. so i just remember them, like, there's a part where he has to resuscitate me. right before they yell action, when he's about to do this again, i was like you have the tenderest lips i've ever felt in my life. they're like, action. way to go. go for it. they called cut. i was like, really. >> you didn't ask for consent. >> trying to do this cpr thing over here. told me -- and they are tender. >> it's a heavy hitting cast to say the least. it also

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k. brown. >> i gotta go. >> locking lips with someone >>i have ever felt. >>> and then, agt's f saved by>> one of the greatest feelings i have ever felt. >>> how jamie lee curtis is changing up halloween. >> you're going see me in a tank top. a side by side of me and linda hamilton. not going to happen. >>> closed captioning provided by -- ♪ >>> what's a boogie man? >> as a matter of fact, it was. >> no known fact about me. i hate scary movies. so i'm very glad i wasn't even born yet when the first "halloween" hit theater. jamie lee curtis is not afraid to visit the past. she's starring in a new installment in honor of the 40th anniversary. we have a look. >> i pray every night that he would escape. i'm going to be 60 years old in november. i'm standing on the the movie set of a movie i made 40 years ago. >> he's here. >> michael! >> he's back. and so is he. it's been four decades since the evil masked murderer, michael myiers first terrorized her in the original halloween. [ screaming sthchld. >> in the new film, meyers is on another murder spree. this time, jamie lee's character of lau

supporter of updating rides so they stay relevant. >>> a special treat for "this is us" fans, sterling k brown delivered the commencement addre address. >> it was held yesterday morning. and brown graduated with a degr i drama from stanford back in 1998. earlier this year he became the first african-american to win both screen actor's guild award and golden globe for best actor in a dramatic series for his role in the hit drama "this is us." he delivered a powerful message about supporting each other. >> and when you see someone shine gs, hey, don't hate do not tear that individual down. celebrate their success as if it were your own because whether you realize it or not, we rise and fall together. >> say that all time, what's meant to you will happen to you. more than 1700 studentsgradted degrees over the weekend at stanford where more than 3,000 masters and doctoral degrees -- >> seems like such a likeable person. >> 6:00 right now. fire season is here and today you might see smoke rising across the bay. the reason why you don't need t battle over immigration as protesters make their voices

k. brown returned to his old stping grounds. the stanford alum gave the commencement address for the class of 2018 syesterday. ords of advice for the new graduates? celebrate each other'ses sus. >> when you see someone shining, hey, don't hate. do not tear that individual down. celebrate the success as if it were your own because whether you realize it or not, we rise d fall together. >> he is on "this is us." what a fantastic mow. ie come out in the last year oosh two. world cup action kicks off again in just a couple of ur first up south korea and sweden. we already have seen se stunning sets. >> ce on. watching the video has to get you pumped for the world cup in socc. just stunning there. >> this is -- we're -- this is not even an exaggeration. seismologists picked up rumblings in chile as people were jumping up and down screaming their headsoff. this is huge for mexico. a lot of the top teams do not lhave a win a of ties. portugal, argentina. >> what? >> he cracks me up. congratulations, mexico. 4:55 right now. coming up ne

k. brown-- and we'll chat about that in a moment-- but what is the premise of "hotel artemis"?ng story. >> i don't want to give too much away, but, first of all, jodie foster. that's one. >> trevor: right. >> so it's a hotel for criminals during a water drought. >> trevor: right. >> which may happen in the near-distant future. so it's set in 2028. there's a water riot going on, and these criminals, sterling and i, who are brothers, we get injured and we have to go to this hotel that is literally made for criminals. >> trevor: right. >> you pay a membership, and jodie foster plays a nurse that takes care of all of us. but we're not the only criminals checked in. >> trevor: it is a crazy premise. >> it is insane. >> trevor: the two of you being brothers is the most believable part of the story in terms of a crazy world, because in real lifeu two are best friends. i did not know this. >> yeah, i have known him for over 11 years. he went to n.y.u. for grad school. and after i graduated from yale, i came to new york and started doing theater, and we have been doing, like, pys here e

sterling k brown from this is us. delivered the commencement address.how he wasn't qualified he had some pretty cool advice for the young graduates. >> beware the busy life. there will be enormous pull into the real world to be busy. always doing always hustling and bustling. the importance of stillness. is busy being productive? >> he graduated from stanford in 1998. his degree is in drama. 2,500 graduate degrees today. speaking of degrees. what will it be next week? >> 7-day forecast different story. we'll warm up tomorrow. the 7-day forecast just in time for the start of summer. friday and saturday look to be a hot start. and notice in the fine print some cooling hopefully on sunday. >> cooling down to 90. have a great might and a great week. >>> what do you think's responsible for your success? >> my father. >> this week some of our favorite guests talk about the influence of their fathers, from hard lessons and tough love. >> the thing is, with my dad, he may tell other people, boy, i'm proud of that boy. i never heard that. >> to their most emotio

. >> sterling k brown. from this is us. he is delivering the keynote address at stanford. he graduated from stanford 20 years ago with his degree in drama. >> wild west comes to the east bay. a cattle drive to kick off the county fair. cattle. horses and sky ranger followed over head this morning. all the cattle making its way to the downtown to the county fairgrounds. the event pays tribute to the city's rural history. >> when i see cattle. i kind of think like what? >> they're giant. they're really big and stuff like that. >> they are. i live in pleasanton. it's freak si to see the cows and horses. we had the livermore rodeo. and i got caught mind a bunch of cows. i'm like what is going on. >> that's so much fun. >> they were cute. >> it will be running through the middle of july. the 8th. >> the 15th i think. maybe they extended it. >> the weather will be great. >> it's going to be phenomenal. normally we can be in the upper 80s and 90s. we'll have 70s. it will be perfect. the best day to go out this weekend would be saturday. we'll explain why we'll see changes here co

k. brown who stars in nbc's massive hit show "this is us" delivered the commencement address. he joked about how he wasn't qualified to give the speech. he had sage advice for the young graduates. >> beware of bareness of a busy life. have you contemplated the importance of stillness? is being busy the same thing as be >> brown graduated from stanford in 1998. his degree in drama. you might have expected that. stanford awarded more than bachelor degrees, 2,500 graduate degrees, more than 1,000 doctoral degrees today. >>> rob here now. it's good they graduated this sund as opposed to next sunday. >> seven-day forecast, you will think it's -- >> heat. >> things will heat up this weekend. wind and kind of that ocean air conditioning on overdrive around this time last night causing problems. wind speeds will pick up but not as gusty as last night. our temperatures for now still comfortable. seven-day forecast, stealing our thunder at the bottom of the screen. check out the numbers towards the end of the week. it will make you appreciate 76 in san jose. not much of a breeze right n

k. brown delivered the commencement address at stanford ore the weekend. >> the 127th commencement was yesterday morning in stanford stadium. brown graduated with a degree in drama back in 1989. this year he was the first african-american to win both the screen actor's guild award and the golden globe for his role in the hit drama "this is us" and he delivered a powerful message about supporting each other. >> and when you see someone shining, don't hate. do not tear that individual down. celebrate their success as if it were your own because whether you realize it or not, we rise and fall together. >> so true. what is meant for you will be for you. and more than 1700 students graduated with undergraduate degrees over the weekend and more than 3 -- more than 3000 masters degrees handed out. >>> and a popular stretch of highway in a north bay shoulder -- or should be safer for both drivers and cyclists. caltrans is starting a safety improvement project between mill valley and the sonoma county line and the crews will widen the shoulders across the 46-mile stretch allowing more stretch for bicycli

k. brown. the award wing actor from nbc's "this is us" will be here on sunday in the bay area for this year's graduation at stanford and he's delivering the key note address. he graduated from stanford 20 years ago with a bachelor's degree in drama. >>> stephen hawking has taken the place among the greatest scientists with the burial of his ashes in westminster abbey. >> and a thousand people are attending the service of the thanksgiving day for the psychiatrist -- who died in march at 76 after decades of living with motor neuron disease. nbc's chapman bell reports from london. >> reporter: a public memorial for scientist stephen hawking at london westminster abbey. his ashes laid to rest between two other scientistic greats, ize yak newton and charles darwin, marked by a stone. his impact on the scientific community and bringing math and science to the masses with the best-selling book "a brief history oftime" for a household name and appearing on the s simpson's and the big bang theory and ed

k. brown and courtney b. vance. look at this.w who you are, because you're you. but people love you so much. >> aw, jimmy. >> jimmy: everybody on the set was freaking out. i mean, our director, everyone was like, "oh, my gosh, he's going to do the thing. he's gonna do the thing." [ light laughter ] and i go, "i know, calm down. he's gonna do the thing." and then your beautiful wife was there. kelly preston, she was there. and she was -- i was trying to be cool next to her, but i was freaking out, too. so i was like, "oh, my god!" kelly, it's cool. and you just nailed it. i just loved it so much. and i just -- i've just got to tell you, i'm one of your biggest fans ever. i'm stuttering, because i'm just a big fan. >> thank you for loving me so much. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i really do. you went to brooklyn, was it yesterday? [ cheers ] >> you were there? >> jimmy: it was a -- it was a a scene in brooklyn yesterday. >> yeah. it was exciting. [ scattered cheers ] 1,000 people showed up. >> audience: bay ridge, baby! >> jim

k. brown, awards winning actor from "this is us" and he will be here on sunday for this year's graduates of stanford. he'll deliver the key note address. brown graduated from stanford 20 years ago with the bachelor's degree in drama. >> a live look in pleasanton is funnel cake your thing? it certainly is mine. maybe deep fried twinkies, how about pig races or fair rides to make your head spin. i love those as well. we're in luck for you right here because the alameda county fair starts tomorrow. quts today in the bay's largest fair kicks off later this morning with the annual cattle drive to the fairgrounds. or you're looking at video of that event we shot last year and the fair runs through july 8th. so a lot of fun. >> there you go. head out today. the temperatures could be mild. >> it's going to be a really nice day. we're just trying to make it through the morning commute. there's so much going on around the bay area for the weekend. 2 in fremont, upper 50s and we'll be in the upper 60s for early afternoon. we're also checking out the san mateo koubcounty fair today. right on the oth

k. brown, the award winning actor from nbc's "this is us." he's going to be here in the bay area on sunday for this year's graduates of stanford. brown is delivering the key note address and graduated from stanford 20 years ago with a bachelor's degree in drama. >> right now taking a live look in pleasanton, is funnel cake your thing? i know i love it. how about deep fried twinkies don't know about that. how about pig races or fair ride to make your head start spinning? if that is something you like, the alameda county fair starts tomorrow. the bay area's large eflt fair kicks off with the annual cattle drive to the fairgrounds and you're looking at video of that event we shot last year. the fair runs through july 8th and kari, certainly a great weekend to get out there and enjoy a fair. >> yeah, lots of sunshine and cooler temperatures. you want the cowboy hat to give you some shade and protect you from the sun. that will be beaming down all weekend long. here's a live look outside in san jose as you get ready to head out on this friday morn

k. brown. >> steve: come on. >> jimmy: tina fey will be joining us. [ cheers and applause ] plus, we'llformances from kygo and miguel, and florence and the machine. [ cheers and applause ] it's a big week. but first, we have an awesome show tonight. from "modern family" and the new movie, "life of the party", julie bowen is here. >> steve: oh. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: plus, from nbc's "this is us", justin hartley is stopping by! >> steve: oh! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: and we have great stand-up from dov davidoff, everybody. >> steve: yeah! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: guys, this sunday is mother's day, and a lot of people will be spending time with their moms. well, we wanted to have fun with that, so we sent our writer, arthur, down to the 30 rock plaza to ask people one question about mother's day. but what they didn't know is that he never actually gets to thll show you what i mean. it's time for a segment we call "the big question." [ cheers and applause ] ♪ what's the big question ♪ >> so, as i'm sure you know, we are fast approaching mother's day. that specia

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brown for his signature. the new budget includes $78 billion for k through 12 education, $500 million in grants to fight homelessness, and it increases ongoing funding for the california state university system by $105 million. the budget also includes one- time increases in funding for both csu and the university of california amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars. california has a $9 billion surplus. the governor says it needs to l reserves. >> what's interesting is the governor always talks about that but within his budget framework there's a huge amount of ongoing spending. he has been trying to, um, restrain us from having impact on those particular items. obviously we disagree. we want to be able to talk about all different facets of the budget. >> republicans argued that some of the surplus should be returned to taxpayers. the budget did not include an expansion of healthcare or a controversial provision to offer tax breaks to people who are in california illegally. >>> san francisco's next mayor outlined her priorities today before a crowd of supporters. london breed said she plans to hit ground runni

. >> brown: all right, we're going to continue with morepo questions ant our complete conversation online later. for now, andrewthean greer, k you for joining us for this and, again, congratulations on the pulbzer. anore we go, let me announce our book club pick for july, "pachinko," a family novel perfect for long days at the beach with ties to current subjects immigration and korea. author min jin lee wiln us at the end of the month. we hope you will join us in coming weeksn our now read will facebook page. >> nawaz: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm amna nawaz. join us online and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you d good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> consumer cellular believes that wireless plans should reflect the amount of talk, text and data that au use. we offariety of no- contract wireless plans for learn more, go tocohing in umercellular.tv >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for nsblic broadcasting. and by contributo your pbs station from viewe

brown has declared a state of emergency in lake county. >>> a police dog in chicago helped sniff out more than $10 million of marijuana. it all started with the traffic stop and k-9 with a need to find weed. the nose helped officers uncover 1,500 pounds of pot in the car. the driver was transporting the marijuana from chicago to california. the driver is 42-year-old jason tanner. he was arrested and charged with drug possession. >>> coming up, everyone claims they want civility, but no one wants to prove it. the democrats facing a problem of how to counter the president. can anyone restore civility to american politics? >>> we're allowed to disagree, but should be able to do so freely and without fear of harm. >> maxine waters, you believe her? >> i have not called for the harm of anybody. this president has lied again. >> the collapse of civility in politics has everyone agreeing on one thing. it's not their fault. >>> renewed trade concerns tank the markets. companies forced to rethink global supply chains. as open trade comes under threat. >>> can i get everybody off? >> everybody is off. >> dramatic moments off the florida coast. six people rescued after th

. ♪ >> brown: turning the story into a musical-- and deciding when a song is best for capturing a moment-- fell to composer david yazbek.w, >> you kve a lot of different purposes, and if you're adapting from a movie, sometimes the son is likose-up in a movie. you might close up on someone's fa and the picture speaks thousand words.he music doesame thing. ♪ friday evening omar sharif ♪ >> a song can also just be a way of going much deeper into a o charactea relationship, you know, and that's the other thing that we were exploring in this. >> brown: the relationship that "could happen" is between dina d tewfik, the straight-laced but deeply humane leader of the egyptian band, played by tony shalhoub. ♪ sunday morning umm kulthum ♪ ♪ her voice would fill our living room ♪ >> brown: in the show's signate ballad, titled "omar sharif," katrina lenk as dina sings of how much she loved egyptian movies and music as a young israeli girl. >> i'm just overjoyed that i get to sing such a beautiful song and that people do seem to beon respng to it in a way that they love it, maybe, as much as i do.nd ♪he living room becomes a garden ♪ ♪ and the

k your derst out humira & go. ♪ ♪ ♪ raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens ♪ ♪ bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens ♪ ♪ brown ♪ these are a few of my favorite things ♪ ♪ ♪ for a stark reminder how unusual the current president's approach to immigration is, consider republicans, two future republican presidents in 1980. >> we're creating a whole society of really honorable, decent family-loving people in violation of the law. these are good people, strong people. part of my family is mexican. >> rather than making them or talking about putting up a fence, why don't we work out some recognition of our mutual problems, make it probable for them to come here legally. >> make it possible for them to come here legally. donald trump though has a policy that is being enforced aggressively to separat immigrant families to isolate children from their parents. nbc reporting today hundreds of these children stuck at the border stations without their parents for days at a time. trump officials are considering maybe moving them to military bases. attorney general jeff sessions says the trump policy of separating kids from

k places? >> i knew some of them from my time as a travel writer, one of my husband also to me a living as a write juror really? >> yeah. >> brown: beforeurning to novels or -- >> well, while turning to novels. >> brown: yeah. make ends meet. so i had been to a lot of the places and began to put them in the book because i took so many notes as a travelriter, and one of my rules for the book was i could only put in detils i had written down in my notebooks because i didn't want it to be about stereotypes. i wanted it to be about what i actually saw, even if it was unexpected. >> brown: second question. thiss mie pilgrim from chicago. i read somewhere you decided to change the tone of the book while swimmin i'm curious, how long did it take to change the tone from serious to comic? >> brown: help those who haven't read it, was it did originally serious? because it is very funny n.w >> the funny thing is a comedy is usually from a sad story that u just decide to tell a different way. i spent about a year on it as a sort of poignant novel. >> brown: a poison nent novel of aging, of -- >> not about travel, at just felt like another m