norman lear. >> what will be for norman lear? >> that's interesting and there will be a next. >> you have any ideas you want to share with us? >> i'd like to do a nondenominational church service for all people who will get together to honor our common humanity. and set our religions aside. because we have killed each that. in the name of religion. i'd like to be a part of seeing that happen. >> you have a wide range of children right now. 60 to in their teens. what are your reflections upon being a father? >> i'd like to have been a better one. there was a time i had five families on the air. and one, as i put it on mooncrest drive. the one on mooncrest drive, i saw to it that the kids were fed. and they get up in the morning they got dressed, they went to school. sometimes i drove them. but they pretty much, the family on mooncrest drive pretty much took care of itself. the ones on television, i spent 12, 15 hours a day talking about. they needed what i was thition justhinking just to breathe. to go through their years on telev

our guest this week is norman lear. do we have an issue right now when it comes to religion and the infill strayings we have into our politics? >> i think we have a huge problem about religion, that comes from that narrow band, or bands, i should say, because it's not one band, it's -- those narrow bands of fundamentalists, i don't use that, using that in the literal sense, not a religious sense, fundamentalists who say they know the way and if you don't know the way, god out. there are several -- there are many fundamentalist bands who think that way, they're entitled that. i fought a war for that. let them think what they wish to think. but that's the kind of thinking that wants to be for the people who believe it and not insist in a country that says there shall be no mixture of politics and religion. we specifically, you know, from the constitution forward, prohibit the mixture of politics and religion. and so religion wants to be in one's heart and soul. that compact with the almighty. any 200 people sitting in the

norman lear! >> yes!nd applause) >> what a night, what a night to be here. >> jon: look at this book here, even this i get to experience. i want to thank you for raising me. >> i want to thank you for making this-- this last piece was-- no wonder my wife and gi to bed with you every night. >> jon: oh, really, that's-- (cheers and applause) >> every night. >> jon: my ears are burning. (laughter) >> jon: how-- first of all, you-- kids today that have everything at their finger tips. they can download thing, watch things when they want. all in the family, maude, jefferson, this was appointment television. i can remember as a kid the anticipation and excitement when your shows were going to be coming on am you owned television back then. >> i was working as hard as you work today. >> jon: no. >> no, truly. that's what we were doing. we were all working our asses off to make the best television we thought we could. the difference was that we were all serious people. comedy was our business. you're a very serio

. >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "all in the family" "the jeffersons" and "good times" talks race, comedy and american culture today... >> you're taking me to a place in this interview, i haven't been before... >> i told you this would be your best interview >> ...and it is... it's the current one... >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america >> josue's immediate family lives more than three thousand miles away -- near new york city. >> last year, his mother luz paid several thousand dollars to send for her oldest son, daniel roberto. unlike josue, daniel roberto reached us soil, before being detained by border patrol. and from there where did they send you? us law protected him from immediate deportation. instead, daniel roberto was released to his mother. now he's fighting for asylum. are you afraid for josue? >> immigration lawyers say us judges rarely grant asylum to children who escaped gang

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the been behind all of them producer nor lan lear tackled women's rice, sexuality and race.y are making their way back to. v. adam may turned to the legendary producer for his insight on "talk to al jazerra." >> why did jerry falwell call you enemy number one? >> because i was enemy number one of the american family. i was the number one enemy of the american family in our generation because i didn't accept god his way. and because the shows that i was doing dealt with subjects that he felt should not be dealt with. >> you have had a hands in 100 television shows. you have tackled issues of racism, homophobia, gender discrimination. did you set out to be a trail tl blazer? >> i didn't think of if so much as being a trai trail blazer, is american life. you know, we were family of people, my family, other people that joined when we went in to television were all members of families. they read newspapers. what impacted them directly in their families was the fire milker what impacted them in the outer mill became that also. we were dealing with what was. >> but the issues that

. >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "all in the family" "the jeffersons" and "good times" talks race, comedy and american culture today... >> you're taking me to a place in this interview, i haven't been before... >> i told you this would be your best interview >> ...and it is... it's the current one... >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america >> welcome back. a reminder now of the top stories on al jazeera. beji caid essebbsi has won the election in tunisia. >>> after lifting a freeze on the death penalty, four men were executed on sunday. it follows a school massacre in pescpeshawar last week. 20 people were killed add a bomb attack in gombe and on gadam on sunday government is locations and police stations were set on fire forcing residents to flee. government agencies in bangladesh are accused much failing to clean up oil spill around the world's largest mangrove forest. people's lives are at

. >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "alle family" "the jeffersons" and "good times" talks race, comedy and american culture today... >> you're taking me to a place in this interview, i haven't been before... >> i told you this would be your best interview >> ...and it is... it's the current one... >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america >> al jazeera america morning news >> good morning and welcome! to al jazeera america >> real stories... real reporting... real news... a deeper look... >> a much better forecast for today >> with an international edge >> why is this so important and how close is this deal? >> from our award winning news teams across america and beyond >> we begin with breaking news coming out of the west bank... >> news that matters... al jazeera america morning news every morning 7 eastern only on al jazeera america ♪ >> that big thaw in u.s. relations with cuba, meeting a frost

. >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "alle family" "the jeffersons" and "good times" talks race, comedy and american culture today... >> you're taking me to a place in this interview, i haven't been before... >> i told you this would be your best interview >> ...and it is... it's the current one... >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america ♪ >> that big thaw in u.s. relations with cuba, meeting a frosty response from some exiles and some lawmakers who just one day after the president announced the historic opening, vow to slam it shut. more than 50 years of exile may make it impossible for all of those who left cuba to forgive. but even for those who came so many years ago, it is impossible to forget. >> i remember waking up, thinking, yeah, this is my last day here. i may never see my parents again. >> reporter: carlos was only 11 years old when he left cuba alone on a flight to the united states.

on al jazeera america. >> today on "talk to al jazeera" jazeera," norman lear , political activist and who knows, god could be a woman, a president who would help us look in the mirror and see ourselves honestly. >> he is the man behind the iconic is i sit-coms of the 1970s

. >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "all in the family" "the jeffersons" and "good times" talks race, comedy and american culture today... >> you're taking me to a place in this interview, i haven't been before... >> i told you this would be your best interview >> ...and it is... it's the current one... >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america >> al jazeera america presents >> somebody's telling lies... >> it looks nothing like him... >> pan am flight 103 explodes december 21st, 1988 was the right man convicted? >> so many people, at such a high level, had the stake in al-megrahi's guilt >> the most definitive look at this shocking crime >> the major difficulty for the prosecution that there was no evidence >> al jazeera america presents lockerbie part one: the pan am bomber that will take in response to this attack. that's homeland security secretary. nothing official, but u.s. government sources

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. >> today on "talk to al jazeera" jazeera," norman lear , political activist and war veteran. >> who knows, god could be a woman, a president who would help us look in the mirror and see ourselves honestly. >> he is the man behind the iconic is it sit-coms of the 1970s

join the conversation by joining us on >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "all in the family" "the jeffersons" and "good times" talks race, comedy and american culture today... >> you're taking me to a place in this interview, i haven't been before... >> i told you this would be your best interview >> ...and it is... it's the current one... >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america >> sunday night. >> 140 world leaders will take the podium. >> get the full story. >> there is real disunity in the security council. >> about issues that impact your world. >> infectious diseases are a major threat to health. >> "the week ahead". sunday 8:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> believe it or not, this is one of the world's most productive agricultural regions, california's central valley. as you can see, it's suffering from a drought of epic proportions. >> the state of california is grabbling with i

. >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "all in the family" "the jeffersons" and "good times" talks race, comedy and american culture today... >> you're taking me to a place in this interview, i haven't been before... >> i told you this would be your best interview >> ...and it is... it's the current one... >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america >> a crisis on the border... >> thery're vulnarable... these are refugees... >> migrent kids flooding into the u.s. >> we're gonna go and see josue who's just been deported... >> why are so many children fleeing? >> your children will be a part of my group or killed... >> fault lines, al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> today they will be arrested... >> ground breaking... they're firing canisters of gas at us... emmy award winning investigative series... fault lines no refuge: children at the border only on al jazeera america >> you're watching "inside s

. ♪ >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "alle family" "the jeffersons" and "good times" talks race, comedy and american culture today... >> you're taking me to a place in this interview, i haven't been before... >> i told you this would be your best interview >> ...and it is... it's the current one... >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america ♪ >>> the top stories, iraqi kurdish forces tell al jazeera that the fight against isil continues in the sinjar mountains. they claim to have made significant gains after battles to free the minority, yazidis. the area, according to the fighters remains dangerous. >>> one of the main suspects in the mumbai attacks of 2008 has once again detained. 24 hours earlier, zaki ur rehman lakhvi was released on bail, infuriated india. >>> there have been rallies across pakistan to remember the 141 people killed by the taliban on tuesday. most of the victims were children. >

. >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "all in the family" "the jeffersons" and "good times" talks race, comedy and american culture today... >> you're taking me to a place in this interview, i haven't been before... >> i told you this would be your best interview >> ...and it is... it's the current one... >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america >>> good to have you with us, i'm elizabeth puran am in doha, these are the top stories. the presidential candidate for the tunisian secular party is claiming victory. beji caid essebsi's claims have been dismissed by his rival marz r, who says it's -- moncef marzouki, who says it's too early to call a winner. human rights watch says muslims trapped in enclaves face hunger and disease. they fear violence if they leave and u.n. peacekeepers are not providing them with security assistance >>> people gathered at a memorial for two new york police officers kille

. >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "alln the family" "the jeffersons" and "good times" talks race, comedy and american culture today... >> you're taking me to a place in this interview, i haven't been before... >> i told you this would be your best interview >> ...and it is... it's the current one... >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america >> sna pa pass . >>. >> they caused a lot of damage. and we will respond. >>> putting north korea on notice. president obama pointing the finger at pyongyang for the massive cyber attack on sony >>> lying on the witness stand, a stunning admission which the prosecutor in the michael brown case. he said he now some witnesses gave false

evidence >> al jazeera america presents lockerbie part one: the pan am bomber >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "all in the family" "the jeffersons" and "good times" talks race, comedy and american culture today... >> you're taking me to a place in this interview, i haven't been before... >> i told you this would be your best interview >> ...and it is... it's the current one... >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america >> you're watching "inside story" on al jazeera america. i'm ray suarez. back in 2008 money poore poured in to the russian industry. in the last several years the price on the world stock market only occasiony fell below $100 a barrel. now it's in the $50's and threatening to fall lower is a poorer russia a less stable one? is a poorer russia a less predictable adversary on the world stage. over the months that you've been coming on this program we've been talking about russia putting the s

i'll tell you what that means for home prices >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "all in the family" "the jeffersons" and "good times" talks race, comedy and american culture today... >> you're taking me to a place in this interview, i haven't been before... >> i told you this would be your best interview >> ...and it is... it's the current one... >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america >> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand. >> its disgraceful... the only crime they really committed is journalism... >> they are truth seekers... >> all they really wanna do is find out what's happening, so they can tell people... >> governments around the world all united to condemn this... >> as you can see, it's still a very much volatile situation... >> the government is prepared to carry out mass array... >> if you want free press in the new democracy, let the journalists live. a >>> afte

download it now >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creatorf "all in the family" "the jeffersons" and "good times" talks race, comedy and american culture today... >> you're taking me to a place in this interview, i haven't been before... >> i told you this would be your best interview >> ...and it is... it's the current one... >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america ♪ >>> welcome back. the top stories here on al jazeera. the fbi is blaming north korea for the hacking of hollywood giant sony pictures. the hackers leaked tens of thousands of emails with sensitive information, for revenge over a comedy about the assassination of its heard. >>> u.s.-lead air strikes have destroyed a isil tactical unit. and they now control the entire area east of the sinjar mountains. >>> fifa has agreed to publish a report into allegations of corruption. this week the report investigator resigned after saying his findings had been mi

. >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "alln the family" "the jeffersons" and "good times" talks race, comedy and american culture today... >> you're taking me to a place in this interview, i haven't been before... >> i told you this would be your best interview >> ...and it is... it's the current one... >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america >> this is talk to al jazeera. i am ali velshi speak with counter terrorism expert and sufan. he intear gated zubata, one of the so-called high-value detainees in gau, inguantanamo. >> in gaunt tanamo. >> the cia interviewed and waterboarded? >> 83 times. >> 83 times but didn't get better information than you got without waterboarding. you became a bit after poster child for those arguing you don't have to water board. >> right. i mean this whole incident took place in 2002 >> and i didn't say anything. program. i reported to the f.b.i. the f.b.i. said we don'

. >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "all in the family" "the jeffersons" and "good times" talks race, comedy and american culture today... >> you're taking me to a place in this interview, i haven't been before... >> i told you this would be your best interview >> ...and it is... it's the current one... >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand. >> this trial was a sham... >> they are truth seekers... >> all they really wanna do is find out what's happening, so they can tell people... >> governments around the world all united to condemn this... >> as you can see, it's still a very much volatile situation... >> the government is prepared to carry out mass array... >> if you want free press in the new democracy let the journalists live. >> these people have decided that today they will be arrested >> i know that i'm being surveilled

. >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "alln the family" "the jeffersons" and "good times" talks race, comedy and american culture today... >> you're taking me to a place in this interview, i haven't been before... >> i told you this would be your best interview >> ...and it is... it's the current one... >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america let's take a look at china. china overtakes us. it's the world's manufacturer. america has to live with the china that exists.

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. >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "all in the family" "the jeffersons" and "good times" talks race, comedy and american culture today... >> you're taking me to a place in this interview, i haven't been before... >> i told you this would be your best interview >> ...and it is... it's the current one... >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america >> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. >> i certainly wouldn't want to trade places with him on this glorious day. >> welcome back to inside story on al jazeera america. i'm ray suarez. that's american contractor alan gross back in the united states cuba. in his striking announcement on the u.s.-cuban relations, the president of

. >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "all in the family" "the jeffersons" and "good times" talks race, comedy and american culture today... >> you're taking me to a place in this interview, i haven't been before... >> i told you this would be your best interview >> ...and it is... it's the current one... >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america let t. >> growing up in a poor neighborhood in baltimore means the odds are stacked against you. >> and so we have a school to prison pipeline operating in baltimore and in other cities across the nation where young people believe with some good reason that their destiny lies behind bars and they, too, will become members of the under-caste. >> females is getting pregnant and they're having children. now it's children raising children. without no high school education, how are they going to take care of that child? you see what i'm saying? >> my mother was a

download it now >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "all in the family" "the jeffersons" and "good times" talks race, comedy and american culture today... >> you're taking me to a place in this interview, i haven't been before... >> i told you this would be your best interview >> ...and it is... it's the current one... >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america >>> well, back. you are watching al jazeera live from doha. let's take you through the top stories. polls are about to close in tunisia, the first time tun easeians have voted for a president since the revolution three years as. iraqi forces have been forced to retreat from beigi they have taken control of a city after an intention battle with the iraqi army. the united arab emirates has blamed non-opec members for the drop in pricing. nearly 50% since june. in syria, there has been heavy shelling in an area of the damascus countryside. the attack ca

evidence >> al jazeera america presents lockerbie part one: the pan am bomber >> television icon norman learwe hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "all in the family" "the jeffersons" and "good times" talks race, comedy and american culture today... >> you're taking me to a place in this interview, i haven't been before... >> i told you this would be your best interview >> ...and it is... it's the current one... >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america >>> i am stephanie sy and irrelevant watching a special edition of "talk to al jazerra" featuring the best of the interviews last year. environmental loyal robert f. kennedy, jr. and celebrated conductor. but first a woman well known for her work with chimpanzees. >> what's the most interesting thing that oven learned about chimpanzees over the years? >> how like us they are, or how like them we are. and i think the most shocking, but very fascinating thing is when i realized that like us, they

lives, we ended up climbing up the hull of the sinjar six-kilometers uphill if you like to get to learly safety at the top of the mountain. all those fighters are still down there trying to hold that line. and it's a completely different line from the one that we are seeing here. both are under attack, both in desperate need of more weapons and more air strikes. >> sue, thank you very much from that update. that's our correspondent sue joining us from the sinjar mountain. thank you, sue. >>> now, al jazerra continues to demand the release of our three journalists who have now been impresseimpress prison today 35. they were jailed on false charges of helping the outlawed muslim brother hood, they are appealing against their convictions. >>> beijing says 300,000 people were killed by occupying japanese forces over six years in 1937. at noon on december 9th japanese dropped leaflets giving people two option to his vendor or day of a day later china hadn't responded the japanese attacked from several directions, forcing chinese soldier to his retreat. eyewitness accounts saw that for the n

. >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "alln the family" "the jeffersons" and "good times" talks race, comedy and american culture today... >> you're taking me to a place in this interview, i haven't been before... >> i told you this would be your best interview >> ...and it is... it's the current one... >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america . >> well, this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. 132 children and tin staff members dead after a taliban assault from the afghanistan. we have reaction from all over the world. >>> russia's ruble in a free fall. >>> and jeb bush makes it official that he will actively explore campaigning for president.

. >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "all in the family" "the jeffersons" and "good times" talks race, comedy and american culture today... >> you're taking me to a place in this interview, i haven't been before... >> i told you this would be your best interview >> ...and it is... it's the current one... >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america >> now available, the new al jazeea america mobile news app. get our exclusive in depth, reporting when you want it. a global perspective wherever you are. the major headlines in context. mashable says... you'll never miss the latest news >> they will continue looking for survivors... >> the potential for energy production is huge... >> no noise, no clutter, just real reporting. the new al jazeera america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now >> growing up in a poor neighborhood in baltimore means the odds are stacke

. >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "all in the family" "the jeffersons" and "good times" talks race, comedy and american culture today... >> you're taking me to a place in this interview, i haven't been before... >> i told you this would be your best interview >> ...and it is... it's the current one... >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america >> welcome back. you're watching the al jazeera news hour. polls have opened for to you nova'for tunisia's presidential run off. >>> fighters from the islamic state of iraq and levant have taken over beiji from the iraqi security forces. >>> opec members blame non-members for the price of oil. >>> now in other news public support is growing in peshawar for the pakistani military operation against the taliban. the campaign to wipe out the group from the north has come under criticism because it has displaced thousands of people. but there have been calls for

. >> al jazeera investigates egypt's lost power on al jazeera america >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "all in the family" "the jeffersons" and "good times" talks race, comedy and american culture today... >> you're taking me to a place in this interview, i haven't been before... >> i told you this would be your best interview >> ...and it is... it's the current one... >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america >> i found out i lost total trust, because he didn't come forward to me and tell me exactly what was going on. >> i was afraid to tell her. because she was going to get -- she gets very nervous, and she was going to be really upset. >> welcome back to a special edition of "real money." america's middle class, rebuilding the dream. since we have been following these families a year ago, the american economy has been showing signs of strength. in november, the u.s. added 3 it 21,000 jobs, and