during our shoot, the group was working on macbeth.d a warlord's lust for power. >> i take macbeth to the streets. and what he did, he bring to the hoods, to the housing projects, you know, guys that don't got nothing, and he used nobodies, nobody know. >> leon vincent, serving 60 years for murder, read one of his passages to the group. >> you read my eyes like parables. i was pressed for time because of my special preparations for tonight's special feast. >> i really like that not for metaphor that you used. you read my eyes like parables. that's almost something like shakespeare himself would write. so i really like that. >> i'm from the hood, you know, not to separate the hood from anything. shakespeare was something, you know, i never thought i would experience in my life. you know, since i came in contact with shakespeare, i see a lot of those parallels that correlate with urban life. >> essentially macbeth and the rest of the characters are committing either immoral, unethical or criminal acts. where we would say criminal acts, r

like the guy you saw i was in his cell, the guy knows macbeth. he can recite macbeth.orgot i was in prison. it was weird. lisa: and they liked you too. it seemed that you had some really good discussions. what was the most surprising thing? did you go in with preconceptions and did you find those or were they shattered? >> that's a really good question. you know what? i'm catholic i guess i believe in redemption if you'rei willing to earn it. and usually when i go to a prison or jail, nobody did nothing you know what i mean? they admit it, they know what they did wrong, and they're trying to do better to get out number one. and i said, hey, listen, man, your victim's families might be watching this and i'm not -- are you sorry and the guy says that doesn't even begin to describe it and i said okay. that's a good place to start. lisa: and my interview with celebrity chef you know and love her from chopped. she's amazing. but tonight. you'll hear what really makes her particular. plus i take the sports wind by storm. ronda rousey and tim howard, they're both coming up la

like the guy you saw i was in his cell, the guy knows macbeth. he can recite macbeth.s in prison. it was weird. lisa: and they liked you too. it seemed that you had some really good discussions. what was the most surprising thing? did you go in with preconceptions and did you find those or were they shattered? >> that's a really good question. you know what? i'm catholic i guess i believe in redemption if you'rei willing to earn it. and usually when i go to a prison or jail, nobody did nothing you know what i mean? they admit it, they know what they did wrong, and they're trying to do better to get out number one. and i said, hey, listen, man, your victim's families might be watching this and i'm not -- are you sorry and the guy says that doesn't even begin to describe it and i said okay. that's a good place to start. lisa: and my interview with celebrity chef you know and love her from chopped. she's amazing. but tonight. you'll hear what really makes her particular. plus i take the sports wind by storm. ronda rousey and tim howard, they're both coming up later in the

i missed you in macbeth. i can't even remember anymore. i played a male figure.and i played a witch. clearly i did not -- i missed my calling. >> maybe next time. >> deal. >> james shapiro, thank you so much. now this. >>> top of the hour here, you're watching cnn. i'm brooke baldwin. we begin near ferguson, missouri, where more protesters are occurring. you hear these officers saying, go home. showing multiple arrests happening just in the last few minutes. we are also now hearing that this may be just one of dozens of arrests. again, more pictures we're getting. this is the federal courthouse in st. louis where these protests and arrests are happening but let's just step back a bit because this is significant given the fact that not too far from st. louis is ferguson, missouri. this was a city that was, you know, truly rocked by a number of people who were upset and some violence as well. [ gunfire ] a barrage of bullets overnight forcing peaceful protesters to run for cover one year after michael brown was shot and killed. it sparked a national movement to pro

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there are a lot of women -- sometimes, she is portrayed as a cross between mommy dearest and lady macbeth, which is not the case. she was a much more constructive influence and a nicer lady. >> helen taft has an interesting story. we bet many of you will be hearing it for the first time. he would like to involve even our conversation. you can send us comments on facebook. you can also send us a tweet using the #first ladies. we will get to your calls in a few minutes. first, we will tell you about her early biography. how does she get to the white house at age 16? her father in cincinnati where friends with president rutherford b. hayes and lucy hayes and they went to the white house -- she had not yet made her debut. she could not participate in social activities. president hayes and says it was wonderful to have her there. in a taft family lore, she was supposed to have said, i am going to come back. it is not clear that that is what she said, but like many people, she said she wanted to marry a man who blew who will become president. her father was friends with benjamin harrison and ha

the hit that ten us denominations of won ten oscars and tomorrow night they go into the operas and macbeth on sunday, 3100 seats on the plaza. >> they show the translation. >> jennifer is come first served basis. anna: we like skits. oxford university. >> from fox 5 news this is good in new york. greg: 7 i rosanna scotto. greg: is said you did feel a halt. rosanna: it will warm-up in the 80s. it will come back, don't believe me, up in details. greg: two journalists killed in the line of duty, families are reacting, and family calling for major gun-control, the gunman. rosanna: the long awaited train station set to open next month. the first train carrying passengers into that station on september if their eighteenth. little fountains outside. greg: remember mayor bloomberg's plan to ban sugary drink above 16 ounces. the idea is back, modified. they would like to see minors prevent minors from buying 16 ounces or larger of mountain dew. >> they could get a bigger one of their parents are there. what do you think of this? data to our myfoxny.com facebook page, wayne and we'll read your comm

there are a lot of women -- sometimes, she is portrayed as lady macbeth, which is not the case. she was a much more constructive influence and a nicer lady. >> helen taft has an interesting story. we bet many of you will be hearing it for the first time. he would like to involve even our conversation. you can send us comments on facebook. you can also send us a tweet using the #first ladies. in all get to your calls few minutes. first, we will tell you about her early biography. how does she get to the white house at age 16? cincinnati where friends with president rutherford b. hayes and lucy hayes and they went to the white she had not yet made her debut. she could not participate in social activities. president hayes and says it was wonderful to have her there. lore, she wasly supposed to have said, i am going to come back. it is not clear that that is what she said, but like many people, she said she wanted to marry a man who blew who will become president. friends withs benjamin harrison and had been involved in ohio politics. on her mother's side -- she was quite the intell

and sometimes, she is portrayed as a cross between mommie dearest and lady macbeth, which isn't really the case. she was a much more constructive influence and a nicer lady than history has treated her. ms. swain: helen taft has a very interesting story and we bet many of you in the audience will be hearing it for the first time tonight. we'd very much like to involve you in our conversation and you can do that in a lot of ways. you can send us a comment on facebook. we already have a robust discussion starting there with questions coming in about nellie, helen taft. and you can also send us a tweet using the hashtag at firstladies. and we have phone lines, of course, which you will put on the screen and we'll get to your calls in a few minutes as the program progress. first we need to tell you a little bit more about her early biography. i want to hear this story. how did she get to the white house at age 16 as a guest of the president? mr. gould: well, her father and the herrons in cincinnati were friends with president and lucy -- rutherford b. hayes and lucy hayes and they went to