my conversation with legendary director mike lee and star marianne jean-baptiste. and from my archive, how america's evangelicals laid the groundwork for today's fight over reproductive rights. welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. donald trump has been in office a week and already the strong arm of the u.s. president is making itself felt around the world. out of the world health organization, out of the paris climate accords again and gone for 90 days. all u.s. foreign assistance. while he checks whether it meets his policy goals, aiming tariffs at china and the americas, threatening to occupy territory and end wars at the same time. but he's facing pushback already. kremlin allies have already rejected trump's attempt to tax, sanction and tariff putin into ending the ukraine war. sir john sawers came into the studio here to help sort out where the world is headed as a new era of competition, instead of cooperation seems to be taking shape. sawers was chief of the uk's mi6 intelligence agency and also ambassador to the un. to your m

>> desi: please welcome marianne jean-baptiste!what a delight it is to have you on! your performance in this movie is remarkable. remarkable. >> thank you. >> desi: and congratulations, you are getting all kinds of accolades for your performance, and the movie as a whole. you play the character of pansy. >> i do. >> desi: who might be described as, as we saw in the clip, a bit of a difficult woman. >> just a bit! >> desi: just a bit. she lashes out at pretty much everyone around her, including perfect strangers. i found her quite relatable, honestly. [laughter] >> the thing is, a lot of people do. i think getting a lot of people saying that's my mother in -- lots of mother-in-law's, by the way. that's my mother-in-law, that's my auntie, that's my friend. a few people have professed to be in her. >> desi: really? because yeah, and i'm like you are too self-aware, she's not self-aware. she thinks she's nice. >> desi: of course she does, but that's a real testament to your performance in this is a character like that would possibly be

academy award and golden globe nominated actress marianne jean-baptiste. marianne, congratulations on this and thank you so much for joining us. thank you and best of luck in the next few months. and thanks for being with us this weekend. we're back tomorrow morning at 6 a.m. eastern for a brand new week of morning joe. until then, enjoy your sunday. >> good morning. >> it is sunday, january 12th. i'm alicia menendez with symone sanders townsend and michael steele. >> breaking overnight. firefighters are beginning to make real progress with the fires around los angeles, but weather conditions are threatening major setbacks. also ahead, donald trump's controversial cabinet picks are set to go before the u.s. senate. the questions we want answered from the likes of pete hegseth and tulsi gabbard, and marianne williamson, joins the table to discuss her bid for dnc chair. so grab your coffee, settle in, and welcome to the weekend. >> we begin today with that breaking news overnight. >> officials confirmed the death toll from the fires burning near los angeles h

academy award and golden globe nominated actress marianne jean-baptiste. uck in the next few months. and thanks for being with us this weekend. we're back tomorrow morning at 6 a.m. eastern for a brand new week of morning joe. until then, enjoy your sunday. >> good morning. >> it is sunday, january 12th. i'm alicia menendez with symone sanders townsend and michael steele. >> breaking overnight. firefighters are beginning to make real progress with the fires around los angeles, but weather conditions are threatening major

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