if you're still anti-semitic after five minutes thinking about mel brooks, then, like, i mean, i probablyare zionists, or leftie, or righty, and, like, they're not. we're not. like, we are an extremely diverse group of people. and so, i think that understanding that on a person-to-person level is the way to, like, fix all of it. >> sreenivasan: that's all for this edition of pbs newshour weekend. for the latest news updates, visit www.pbs.org/newshour. i'm hari sreenivasan. ks for watching. stay healthy, and have a good night. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: sue and edgar wachenheim iii. bernard and denise schwartz. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the anderson family fund. the sylvia a. and mon b. poyta programming endowment to fight anti-semitism. the estate of worthington mayo-smith. leonard and norma klorfine. the rosalind p. walter foundation. koo and patricia yuen, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. barbara hope zuckerberg. we try tli in the moment, to

. >> yes >> seth: but you are doing a continuation with the participation of mel brooks. >> mel brooksniest men of all time. we're doing a -- [ applause ] thank you, yeah. we're doing a tv series version of his film "history of the world. >> seth: which is thrilling. >> love it like i'm a history head, and we're doing it with nick kroll and one of - >> seth: you're a history head >> i'm a history head. you know me. >> seth: i don't know if people who call it that are [ laughter ] >> um, i'm always -- i'm listening to podcasts and stuff. i'm an h-head. >> seth: "history head" is what a liar says on tinder. [ laughter ] >> like, going to the park, history head yeah, i'm not on tinder anymore. >> seth: oh, yeah. that's great >> yeah. >> seth: i'm glad you finally cleaved it away. i know it was a really important part of your life. >> i'm just addicted to social media. >> seth: hey, probably one of the reasons you're not on tinder is you have a beautiful wife and three children >> yes [ laughter ] >> seth: and you just took them on vacation. >> we just went to hawaii. any hawaiians? [ laug

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he was at many of the meetings with mel brooks and others at the white house as they were planning this this sublot using the electors and pence. so he will end up with a subpoena, but is the long and short of it. >> but would have a lot of significance, congress subpoena in one of their own, cynthia actually and matthew dowd, thank you so much. now to london, or a royal announcement about prince charles's wife, camilla, using the title, queen, is dividing brits. queen, is dividin mm, smooth. uh, they are a little tight. like, too tight? brits. a little bit. you don't want 'em too loose. for those who were born to ride there's progressive. with 24/7 roadside assistance. -okay. think i'm gonna wear these home. -excellent choice. ♪ ♪ with 24/7 roadside assistance. -♪ ♪y. inner voice (kombucha brewer): as a new small business owner, i find it useful to dramatically stare out of the window... ...so that no one knows i'm secretly terrified inside. inner voice (sneaker shop owner): i'm using hand gestures and pointing... ...so no one can tell i'm unsure about my business finances. inner voice

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