. >>> larry charles is one of hollywood's most influential guys.has been mistaken for a homeless man. he's worn pajamas to work for years. >> but do not let the cuckoo for cocoa puffs persona fool you. he's directed some of the funniest moments you've seen on film and television over the past two decades. >> there i was on the steps of the 42nd street library. a grown man getting a wedgy. >> my name is borat. okay, good, good. i'm not used to that but it's fine. >> it's moot they're going out of business. >> that's not moot. >> how is that not moot? >> it's totally moot. >> oh, america. >> what's a guy got to do around here to get a library card? >> the most important fashion in any german-speaking country, apart from germany. >> he's stealing from the company. >> how can you steal garbage? >> you could tuck it in your pants. ♪ >> you guys ready for what's coming? >> get set -- >> guess what? he won. that last clip is from "the dictator," his latest collaboration with sasha baron cohen opens today. i've seen your name on the credits for years. i'm

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so the director and co-writer larry charles is out promoting "the dictator" and defending the movie.n cohen movies. >> we're always looking for another level. we want movies to be dense so that you can laugh on this level at the silliness but under the surface there's something being said and theme being developed that's an important one and even a serious one that we're trying to find humor in. even though people will be offended, that's inevitable. you never know what people are going to be offended by or aren't. you can't really let that stop you. >> of course not everyone is laughing. arab organizations are offended by the stereotype portrayed by cohen's character. you have one simple request for hollywood. what is it? >> here's my point. i want to point out i'm not offended about i this movie. i'm a comedian. i offend people. i offend people every week. you want to make a better product. you want to make a movie that's more nuance and less cliche and have americans involved in the process. the movie would be better. this is a rare movie where you have someone playing an arab and

charles barkbarkily,, larry bird michael jordan.in her new children's story called "dream big." nice to see you. thank you for being with us. we appreciate it. >> good morning. thank you for having me. >> you bet. your book is in part about your son's dream but i know your bigger strategy is to motivate not just kids but also parents. why did you write this book? it's one of a bunch you've written. >> i really wanteded to write this book because i know with the olympics coming and i do not hear our young people talking about participating as much. i wanted to share again how prestigious the olympics was back in the '70s and what a dream michael had to be an olympian and i wanted to just really share with you to motivate yourself and set goals and work hard and be proud of our country. i think he was extremely proud when he was able to make the team and i just want to share it with the young people as well as adults. >> it really is a story. a picture book about michael as a little boy and how he loved basketball and carried his bask

charles cliffords obesity councilmen and what that could mean for the open committee. >> oakland city council president larry reed says he is not worried about the warriors live in san francisco. >> i got a phone call to indicate that the rumors frost of courtroom. he says until now the city and owners have been talking about keeping the team in the east bay. in a statement released on tuesday the mayor said coliseum city is a long term development projects that was never dependent on one tennis. reed agrees that says the city will have to work hard to keep its two remaining proteins. >> we have to step up in the city of oakland to make sure that we are able to keep their raiders in oakland and hope that major-league baseball makes a positive decision. >> despite the optimistic press conference tuesday morning in flashy artist renderings of the new waterfront arena, big projects like this face tough financial hurdles in the bureaucratic red tape. if the move to san francisco falls through, oakland will leave the door opened. >>pam: coming up later in sports commentary ravage sits down with the owner of the w

scientist larry sabato reacting from a report by the census bureau that whites account for less than half of the new births in this country. and we're back now with our panel. so what, charlese of what's being called this demographic tipping point that america's first majority minority generation? >> i think it's less dramatic than people are imagining. yes, there will be an increase in the number of minorities, immigrants, other ethnicities. it's not going to be dramatically different. mathematically, it will be but we already are the most multiethnic racial society on the face of the earth and we've been successful. the problem is not the composition of the population. how many races or how many ethnicities or nationalities. it's the fact that -- because that's a great strength. it gives us a strength no other country on earth has. the weakness is what we have -- what we are not doing in a culturation, americanization, a century ago, everybody became american through the public schools, the civic institutions, you learn the language. you learn the history. you learn civics. you learn about america. it's not that you abandon your ethnicity but you are instilled with americ

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