. >> well-said, meryl streep.hat's oscar-winning actress meryl streep talking about one of her teachers from the yale school of drama who became a kennedy center nominee. carmen de lavallade broke barriers in dance and brought tears to the eyes of band leaders like duke ellington. michelle miller so lucky she joined de lavallade. i so agree with meryl streep. i love everything about this woman. >> you instantly fall in love with this woman. thank you for giving me this point in my career. i simply adored carmen de lavallade. we met up with her at the baryshnikov arts center in new york city where she demonstrated

after the break i talk to meryl streep an -- and tom hanks. . .owie: i went to the red carpet the other night for the premiere of the film "the post." the nixon administration got a court order to stop the "new york times" from running the story. >> we are talking about exposing years of government secrets. >> is that legal? >> what do you think we do here for a living? we could all go to prison. howie: were you surprised when you studied kay graham that she wasn't this confident executive that she was to the outside world. >> it was heartening to discover that. i don't think there is a woman alive who found herself at the pinnacle of her career and doesn't feel in some way that kind of insecurity. and given her success, she suffered that. i could relate to it. i think many women can. and that's a shame. that's a shame. because we shouldn't apologize for fear. howie: i asked tom hanks who like meryl streep has taken shots by the president bay saying donald trump is monkeying with the constitution. do you see parallels between trump's campaign and

wean stein, but tonight, abc's linsey davis with meryl streep's response. >> reporter: the most nominated actor in oscar history, in a different role tonight. meryl steep defending herself against accusations she turned a blind eye to harvey weinstein's abusive behavior. >> i just want to thank my agent kevin huvane and god, harvey weinstein. >> reporter: after weinstein's fall, streep said she was "appalled," adding "not everybody knew." recently telling "vogue's" anna wintour she hasn't stopped thinking about it. >> what do you sit around talking about the dining room table with three daughters? >> harvey weinstein! that's all we talk about. i mean, you know, it's horrible. >> reporter: but when streep announced she would join an army of actresses wearing black this awards season as a silent protest, it infuriated actress rose mcgowan, who claims weinstein raped her. >> and that cannot stand, and it will not stand. >> reporter: mcgowan tweeting, "actresses like meryl streep who happily worked for the pig monster, are wearing black in a silent protest. your silence is the problem!" mcgow

now, obviously, if you live in the d.c. area, tom hanks, meryl streep, and spielberg were all here in visiting an editorial meeting at the washington post to get into character. the film then started production on may 30th in new york and now is being released in theaters this holiday season. great performances from the entire cast, including hanks, streep, odenkirk, matthew rhys, and sarah paulson. my only issu overuse of john williams' score. i love john williams. the music is phenomenal. but i felt that there were scenes where it was so emotionally done with the dialogue and the performances were strong enough to carry the scene without using music to manipulate the emotion in the audience. i love that the film was shot on 35-millimeter film and it uses a camera as a leading character. worth seeing as it celebrates journalism. also an incredible story of katharine graham's bravery. a 4.5 out of 5 for steven spielberg's "the post." finally, "the greatest showman." actually one more after this, but "the greatest showman," starring hugh jackman as p.t. barnum. this film is a m

howie: i couldn't let meryl streep go without asking about a recent shot she took at fox news.ou said you go to fox often to see manipulation. >> i watched "the five" today. i think that's an entertainment show. howie: what do you mean by manipulation. >> what is chosen. what they choose to ignore. on a big news day, which everybody acknowledges globally is a big news day, they go to a small college in oregon and talk about one professor who is outrageous. howie: whatever their views on politics, this is one heck of a journalism movie. still to come, the merger between 21st century fox and disney. i don't want to sound paranoid, but d'ya think our recent online sales success seems a little... strange? na. ever since we switched to fedex ground business has been great. they're affordable and fast... maybe "too affordable and fast." what if... "people" aren't buying these books online, but "they" are buying them to protect their secrets?!?! hi bill. if that is your real name. it's william actually. hmph! affordable, fast fedex ground. at bass pro shops including a free picture wi

check it out. >> reporter: actress meryl streep is defending herself after being slammed by rose mcgowan on mcgowan, the actress and activist who accused harvey weinstein of raping her wrote in a now-deleted tweet that streep had happily worked for the pig monster. she also ridiculed streep's plan to join an army of actresses wearing black this award season as silent protest. mcgowan tweeted, your silence is the problem. i despise your hypocrisy. streep responded saying i wasn't deliberately silent. i didn't know. i don't tacitly approve of rape. i didn't know. i don't like young women being assaulted. i didn't know this was happening. she also said of mcgowan, i want to let her know that i did not know about weinstein's crimes, not in the '90s when he attacked her or in subsequent decades when he attacked others. she worked on several films by weinstein and won an award for "iron lady." >> i just want to thank god, harvey [cheers and applause] the punisher. old testament i guess. >> reporter: but streep later spoke out against weinstein in october, calling his behavior inexcusable. and

he's like, "oh my god, it's meryl streep." [ laughter ] and that's when i was like, that's meryl -- streepreep! >> jimmy: that's the word. you can't say that, yeah. [ laughter ] thank you, michael. you can't say that. >> oh, sorry. >> jimmy: yeah, you can't say that. >> but she couldn't have been sweeter. she was amazing. >> jimmy: of course. what is the film about? can you explain it to everybody? >> yes, the film is about the historical decision made by the "washington post" to publish the pentagon papers after the "new york times" received an injunction, and about meryl streep as catherine graham sort of coming into her own as the publisher of the "washington post" at that time. very unique to have a woman in that position of power and so just her sort of struggling with her position and making this decision, along with her editor in chief, ben bradley, played by tom hanks. i play her daughter in the film, her loving, supportive daughter. >> jimmy: i want to show everyone a clip. here's alison brie and meryl streep in "the post." take a look at this. >> these were your people. mcnamara.

street artist calling meryl streep on her bluff.n setting social media on fire claiming the actress knew about harvey weinstein and did nothing. carly shimkus with serious xm 115 with reaction online. >> someone in los angeles claims she heard all about harvey weinstein's heinous behavior and decided to remain silent long before the allegations were made public, these say she knew, her eyes popping up across los angeles and in pasadena near meryl streep's home, this is happening after rose mcgowan accused meryl streep of knowingly remaining silent. she addressed that allegation directly saying it hurts to be attacked but i want to let her know i did not know about weinstein's crime. i wasn't deliberately silent but a lot of folks on social media agree with the poster, one twitter you this is of course she knew, they are new and tricia tweets very sad that her career was more important to her than taking a stand and defending other abused women. many others on social media say the negative attention should go to harvey weinstein, lea

. >>> and tom hanks and meryl streep come to studio 57.y "the post," and why it's important to tell that story now. >>> but we begin this morning with a look at today's eye opener. >> actions are going to speak louder than words. all this mess is going to be over tomorrow with a vote. >> all eyes on the alabama election. >> it is time that we put our decency, our state before political party. >> this is a national election. it is the trump miracle versus the nullification project. >> security in new york steps up after an attempted terror attack there. the alleged bomber was inspired by isis. >> no rest for the weary in southern california. >> a wall of flames is threatening homes near santa barbara. >> we're going to be here for a number of days. probably into christmas. >> three women who have accused president trump of sexual misconduct are calling for action. >> the current mayor of san francisco has died. >> ed win lee died at zuckerberg general hospital. >> all that -- >> in the endzone and it's caught. >> and all that matters. >> ji

we have to say he's on first-name basis with meryl streep. >> show me how you approached meryl streephe wasn't going to talk to any cameras. i said, merrill, please, we're nbc4 washington, kathryn graham. okay, one minute. she streeped over. she floats. she streeped in. this movie, she captures how the post owner kathryn g decided to publish the pentagon papers and her struggle being a woman in power in 1971. this is the first time also steven spielberg and streep worked together and he shared how the heck that happened. >> well, you know something, i was -- there were tway whole bunch of movies i couldn't put her in. i couldn't put her in private ryan. i couldn't put her playing in bridge's 5. >> i don't know if you'll learn as much as a woman as if you were male. you'll look at this movie and it translates our experience for them. i think that this moment in time is really for the listening men. >> you played a woman who is so iconic to our city. did you ever feel a little nervous about embracing kathryn graeme? >> oh, yes. but when i read her book, how honest she was about her inse

rose mcgowan and meryl streep we have a photo of them together.sentially over the weekend saying actresses like meryl streep who happily worked with pig monster referring to harvey whine street are are wearing black during the awards ceremony you affect no real change i despise your hypocrisy make you should all wear marcessa. >> when is brawpd of his ex-wife. >> streep is now responding to this by saying that she was saying that she was not being deliberately silent. and she said it hurt to be attacked by rose and batcher headlines this weekend but i want to let her know i did not know about his crimes not in the 90s when he attacked oregon subsequent decades when he proceeded to attack others. it was a full statement and just essentially saying i know i almost feel like rose mcgowan could have reached out to streep personally instead of twitter. >> we talked about that. we didn't like rose trying to tear down meryl streep. >> they could have had a conference with it. maybe on camera and talked about it. >> i think did seemed like she was talking

oscar winning actress meryl streep has become the target of street assist who is have been putting up posters around los angeles. they show an image of streep and weinstein and sarks she knew. they appeared shortly after she said she didn't have any knowledge of weinstein's behavior. she was defending herself after rose mcgou way implied that streep was aware of the behavior. meanwhile, mcgowan just moderated a panel on sexual harassment. >> my beef is really with all the people that are complicit. >> reporter: two of the alleged 8 victims talked about weinstein. as of tome, more than 70 women came forward. >> i had a tremendous amount of self-blame until, those women came forward and were published. >> yeah. >> then i kind of, you know, felt like, wow. things are shifting. i can share this experience. >> i stayed silent for a long time because i didn't feel there was a safe environment to be able to -- >> you were right. there wnt. >> reporter: weinstein's rep said in a statement any allegation of nonconsensual sex are unequivocally denied by mr. weinstein. >>> across the pond. megha

first but the attorney general says customers were never told of that policy. >>> well, actress meryl streep to accusations that she stayed silent about harvey weinstein's alleged sex crimes. streep is among the actors set to wear black at the golden globes to protest sexual harassment. actress rose mcgowan in a now deleted tweet said the silence of people like streep is the problem. streep released a statement which reads in part, not every actor, actress and director who made films that harvey weinstein distributed knew he abused women. he needed me much more than i needed him and he made sure i didn't know. >>> we have new details about the weekend arrest of sarah palin's oldest son. palin called the police herself and police say the victim of the alleged assault was palin's gun during the dispute. todd palin and 28-year-old track palin were supposedly arguing about a truck. the younger palin was already on probation for another domestic violence arrest. >>> turning now to sports and drama at the end of monday night football game. >> and it was a very special night in l.a. highlights from

tonight including tom hanks meryl streep. we'll be lie from the premiere. chance to sit down with steven spielberg of the the time line for this film is fascinating. it reinvolves around the story in the early 1970's when the post went ahead and published the pentagon papers which proved the government was lying to the american people about the involve. in the vietnam war. the story has so many the freedom of express and rr happening now. parallels people are making. i spoke to spielberg. he visit the the post on may 25th of this year. this movie came together very quickly. i believe it was around march when he was in negotiations to direct the film and around may 25th he was here with tom hanks and meryl streep visiting editorial meeting at the post much they started shooting the movie on may 30th in new york and now it's opening up on december 22nd so i talked to spielberg about his involvement and being at the post with hanks and streep. watch this. now on may 25th of this year you went to the post with meryl streep and tom hanks and you did editorial me

. >>> news 4 is the only news station in town to talk to meryl streep. 94.7 tommy mcfly caught up with her. tom hanks, you see t world premiere of of the post. it's about the post's decision to publish the pentagon papers and the unlikely partnership between the editor and the publisher. >> i was grateful to be able to portray her. but i also felt, what's the word, humble. because she really was an extraordinary person. >> she might be the best living actress right now, meryl streep. she can do anything. we'll have more about this upcoming movie later today on news 4. tommy interviewed others, the man who leaked the pentagon papers to the press as wellment. >> we'll have that interview here on news 4. >>> today is free shipping day. hundreds of retailers are participating. they're promising free delivery by christmas with no minimum spending limits. some of the retailers include amazon, for a, target and toys-r-us. for the full list, head to free shipping day.com. this is a good day to get some holiday shopping done if you have the time. >> still don't know what to get your mom for chr

tom hanks, "the post." >> this is the moment. >> trevor: is there a moment where you go, like, meryl streep right here, right now. >> trevor: oh, this is it? ( laughter ) >> it's crazy. it's a crazy thing, and i'm very honored to be with this company, and it's just a real amazing film, because it has -- it's about something,eth about many things. >> trevor: right. >> and it's a fun stephen speilberg movie. it's crazy! it's about this real true moment in american history, in 1971, where the pentagon papers, this report on vietnam that had been hidden by the government was sort of secreted out and published by the "new york times." they were shut out by the white house, then they went off "the washington post." "the post" had to struggle with the government to post them and get the information out that the public paid for. >> trevor: i know stephen speilberg had said he had to make the movie in six months because he didn't want to wait years, this was a movie for the times. when you were researching for the role, surely there was a part of you that saw this as well as what people were afraid

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then tv's better late than never, how terry bradshaw >>> meryl streep, the post.nominations this week for their new movie, the post. our carly steel was with the new nominees at their big premiere. >> i think that's what makes this film so relevant is it deals with these issues, unequal pay, sexual harassment in the workplace. it was set in 1971. here we are today,it couldn't be more relevant. >> it's a really unique moment for those of us hold enough to remember the first wave of feminism, and when we really thought the world was going to change overnight. >> in the movie, based on the true story of the pentagon papers, meryl plays kate graham. >> it was in 1971. now here today we're still dealing with these issues. it's so relevant. >> exactly. i think meryl has so many moments in the movie that i know almost every woman has experienced at somen her professional career. >> let's do our jobs, find those pages. >> in the post, hanks plays editor ben bradley, racing to brstory, revealing the truth about the vietnam war. >> do you have the papers? >> not yet. >> mer

and one of the people who truftz you is your costar meryl streep. ed-- >> can i say you mean merrill "high maintenance" streep. >> stephen: oh, really? really? yeah? diva? >> look, the shoes alone, man, the big deal-- no, i-- i am so-- i am so joking. she's-- she's fabulous. you know what's scary about merrill? she comes in and does it just like everybody else does, you know. you're expecting french horns before she enters the stage. you expect a guy in livery to come out, "ladies and gentlemen, the actress known as meryl streep." and then da-da-da! little flags hanging down. and she comes in and waves to the crew the way the royals used to, you know. she doesn't go like this. she kind of like waves like, "hello, hello. shall we run the scene? shall we run the scene?" she was mad at me because i didn't her her that stephen doesn't rehearse. >> stephen: spielberg doesn't rehearse? >> he doesn't rehearse. >> stephen: why? >> she hee just wants to-- he wants to figure it out as he goes along. he says, "i have no idea how to shoot the scene. i need you g

yes, it wouldn't be awards show time without meryl streep. at the golden globes, her name there yet again for best actress, nominated for the post, which is the steven spielberg epic about the washington post publishing the pentagon papers, it's a film all about press freedom. other big names in the television categories, we've got robert de niro he's nominated for the wizard of lies and nicole kidman nominated for big little lies, which has six nominations, that tv show, making it the most nominated in the tv categories. and briefly, big hollywood awards ceremony, the first time since the harvey weinstein scandal blew up. yes, here's an interesting thing. that scandal, kevin spacey lost his job on the film that's aboutjohn paul getty, his nomination that people expected him to get, because he's not in it anymore, has gone to christopher plummer, nominated for a role in the film that hasn't been released yet and nobody has seen it. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. we'll be looking at bikes turning up in strange places in australi

. >> meryl streep, tom hanks and steven spielberg.f the most honored names in film have never worked together which is kind of unbelievable. >> until now. >> we will preview the new movie "the post" with another one of the stars, actress allison brie. >> we'll check out the winners of a worldwide photo contest of amusin we'll be right back. this is "cbs this morning saturday." and we'd like you to be part of ours.. so our chevy employee discount is now available to everyone. you pay what we pay. and not a cent more. we're so happy to share this with you. it's our way of saying happy holidays. and welcome to the family... the chevy family. use your employee discount for everyone to get forty-five hundred dollars below msrp on this 2018 chevy equinox. >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning: saturday." still to come, journalists who won't be intimidated, holding the powerful to account. a story with resonance for our times is told in the new movie "the post." we'll talk with one of its stars. >>> and it started with a single tree and a si

. >> meryl streep, tom hanks and steven spielberg.the most honored names in film have never worked together which is kind of unbelievable. >> until now. >> we will preview the new movie "the post" with another one of the stars, actress allison brie. >> we'll check out the winners of a worldwide photo contest of amusing animals. we'll be right back. this is "cbs this morning saturday." >>> i was asked to come when those two police officers were assassinated and i think it was 25,000 cops showed up, but i can't remember, but a lot of cops. i have a great relationship with the cops and a positive relationship with the african-american community and i went out to brooklyn to mr. lou's house. his son had died and he'd just gotten married and lived in the house with the parents, and they didn't have the funeral because they were waiting for the chinese relatives to come for the funeral, and i walked in and mr. lu was a diminutive man, and he just hugged me and he stayed under my arm and kept holding on to me and when he walked out in the co

>>> back now with meryl streep responding to criticism over her reaction to the harvey weinsteingowan and alleged victim of weinstein called streep a hypocrite and diane macedo is here with the story. good morning, diane. >> good morning. so rose mcgowan is not pulling punches and looks like she's not taking meryl streep's calls either so streep is now speaking out to the press saying, while she once called harvey weinstein god, she actually barely knew him. this morning, actress meryl streep is defending herself after being slammed by rose mcgowan on twitter. mcgowan who accused disgraced media mogul harvey weinstein of raping her wrote in a now deleted tweet that streep had happily worked for the pig monster and ridiculed her plan to join an army of actresses wearing black as silent protest. mcgowan the problem. i despise your hip pock kri si. streep responded writing, i wasn't deliberately silent. i didn't know. i don't tacitly approve of rape. i didn't know. i don't like young women being assaulted. i didn't know this was happening. she also said of mcgowan i want to let her

meryl streep i'm not having if you of that. this is what meryl streep had to say.bout weinstein's crimes and that mcgowan quotes assumes and broadcast something untrue about me. she actually went on to say, listen, i didn't know about these harvey weinstein needed me more than i needed him and so she was saying in all her career she never knew that this was happening. so telling rose mcgowan to fall back because you don't know what my struggles have been as we said yesterday. so don't lump us all into group of people who don't care are aren't empathetic. >> let's bring the couch in start with shonte. >> shonte, i know. >> i'm just saying. >> so assume and i think people take social media a standout it didn't mean you're standing just because you're talking about somebody who has to come out where they are to address what every year saying. i don't think it's right to do that. i think meryl streep is a great actress and whether or not -- i wanted to say the people that didn't summit. let's find those who who didn't summit to his tyranny or whatever he's done. i'm gl

. >>> meryl streep is responding to rose mcgowan who accused her >>> meryl streep is responding to rosewan who accused her of staying silent about harvey >>> welcome back. 5:43. california forecast still hazy with fires down in l.a. 69. crescent city and eureka getting rest while the rest will be dry during the day. red flag warning high firefighters danger from tahoe down to bakersfield today through tomorrow. then the snow comes in at 8:00 this evening for tahoe to about 1:00 tomorrow afternoon. 3 to 6 inches on those passes, so take the chains with you. up to 10 inches on the peaks. it will be a little breezy today up there, a little windy tomorrow, but temperature only 34 degrees. >>> the trump administration publicly blaming north korea for a ransom ware attack that affected hundreds of thousands of computers all around the world. the wannacry cyber attack happened in may. it infected more than 230,000 computers and hospitals, schools, businesses and homes. homeland security officials say that evidence points to the communist nation and they are vowing that north korea will be held

he's in or of both of them but i love the thing he said the other day at the premiere he said and meryl streep plumbing's the depths of this extraordinary powerful and brave woman katharine graham in under two hours and he says i don't know how meryl did it and i'm the director which i thought was rather amusing anyway let's see more of the movie. do you have the papers. not yet. oh gosh oh gosh because you know the. position that would put me in saving her own face and korea are risking everything to do the right thing it's a tough decision for a publisher katharine graham as owner of the renowned washington post she has the chance to expose one of the biggest scandals in history but in a male dominated field graham who's played by mao streep has to find her own strength first thank you for your frankness she was not only doubted by her adversaries but also by her friends. and it's a particularly lonely thing to do to try to stand up under those circumstances but everybody in this film does that every single person has risk attached to the decision that they make. when the post gets a hold of

and meryl streep starring there as katharine graham the first female owner of a major newspaper in america in steven spielberg's latest movie the post's robin merrill here with us here in the studio from a call to desta tell us a little bit more about it you've already seen it we know robin it's based on a true story about the pentagon papers which you know there were leaked by the washington post back in one nine hundred seventy one the pentagon papers basically revealed that the u.s. government knew that the war in vietnam wasn't winnable if you like and these secret papers were leaked to the press it calls a scandal at the time this actually preceded the famous more famous if you like watergate scandal come for years later and of course he addresses the subject of freedom of the press it addresses the subject of politics or abuse of power if you like it the dress is maybe fake news it's all very current today absolutely and speaking about current it also has many of the current stars i mean it doesn't get bigger oh yes this is that this is star studded like no other isn't it in the stev

this morning actress meryl streep is defending herself after being slammed by rose mcgowan on twitter. the actress who accused harvey weinstein of raping her wrote in a now deleted tweet over the weekend that streep had happily worked for the pagan monster. she also virtual turf plan to join an army of actresses wearing black this award season as silent protest. mcgowan i despise your hypocrisy. responded saying, i wasn't liberally silent. i didn't know. i don't tacitly approve of rape. i didn't know this was happening. to let herid, i want know i did not know about his crimes. not in the 90's when he attacked her or through subsequent decades when he proceeded to attack others. she worked on several films distributed by weinstein. globe foron a golden iron lady and praised weinstein. >> i just want to thank my agent and god, harvey weinstein. the punisher. old testament i guess. >> she later spoke out against him in october, calling his behavior inexcusable and the women who spoke up she didn't know about his financial settlements with actresses and colleagues or his inappropriate co

meryl streep, tom hanks and he have never worked together until now. we'll preview the new movie "the post" with another one of the stars actress allison brie. >>> we'll check out the winners of a worldwide photo contest of the music animals. this is "cbs this morning: saturday." >>> good morning, everyone, i'm jan carabeo. investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a fire , inside after south jersey home. fire started on the 500 block of sarsenet road in cedar schil before midnight. firefighters arrived to heavy smoke and flames coming from the roof, from that home's roof of the authorities say the fire then grew to three alarms before it was eventually knocked down. no injuries were reported. >> and now to the eyewitness weather forecast with meteorologist, chelsey n gram. hi, kelly. >> good morning, to you at home. we are starting out on a very chilly note this morning, let me show you some temperatures across the region. 25 degrees, right now in philadelphia. we're at 23 in wilmington, down the shore, in the low 20 's atlantic city and qui