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or, you know, "i didn't"-- you know, michael moore is good at it. michael moore is very good about being very funny and pointing out some very serious things that you should be aware of. you know, you should know that the bin laden family funded george w. bush's first oil endeavor. you should know that, and he somehow makes that funny. i don't know how he does it. i do grapple with that. i don't always make it amusing. but i think it's every person's responsibility when they have a microphone and the ear of so many people to--yes, you're a comic; make them laugh. that's what they paid their money to see. but also edify in some way. don't keep lowering the bar culturally. the bar is low enough in our--you know, it's howard stern low. it's very low. and so i don't want to participate in that, in the de-intellectualization of our citizenry, you know? the book you wrote with ben stiller, feel this book, which is largely kind of a parody of self-help books, also had nuggets like this: is that--it also kind of drives your career, doesn't it? you're not do

. >>> larry: michael moore is with us tonight the oscar award winning documentary and founder of the s city film festival an annual event which kicks off right now, and through sunday and michael joins us from travis city and what is your reaction to the wikileaks to the afghan war documents? >> well, i think that we have this war machine that was built on a lie a number of years ago, incredible lies that have cost thousands of lives, billions of dollars and one brave soldier by the name of bradley manning decided that the truth had to be told. and he said that he was willing to do it regardless of the consequences. and he essentially followed the nuremberg principles which is when you see something like this being committed and lies being told to bring your country to war, you have to speak out against it. you can't just line up and be a good german and do what you are told to do. so this brave soldier put up on the internet through wikileaks footage that was just absolutely incredible and sad and pathetic to watch, and for that now, he has been arrested. he's in jail, and this is th

she is expected to be joined by her chief of staff, michael moore, who happens to be her grandson. he is in the room on her left. she is expected to read a prepared statement and then there will be a power point presentation and a q &a with reporters but cameras will not be allowed on that. this is live coverage on c-span. [no audio] >> we are awaiting this morning of the appearance of congresswoman maxine waters told a press conference here, addressing possible ethics violations brought by the house ethics committee. here is how we expect this to go. there will be a prepared statement read by the congresswoman, a power point presentation refuting the alleged ethics violations, also q &a and we were told earlier that cameras would not be able to stay in the room for that. we are told that we may be able to stay for that afterward. among the charges that maxine waters faces is that she allegedly broke house conduct rules for her role in helping a minority-owned bank obtain federal bailout money in 2008. we will expect maxine waters to address those charges as she arrives here on cap

later, but the eir itself i think is very well done, and michael here is extremely good in his responses to the general public. commissioner moore: my concern is that my question regarding policy and forward-looking response to concerns about not yet determined open spaces on top of the trans bay terminal were not really answered. however, i would appreciate if there would be a more pro-active way of looking at it and also looking at the expansion of the museum. i cannot help but say, and not particularly singling out the developer or this eir, whenever we have an aggressive developer- driven eir, it gets very tight around howard and this question that does not really adapt a response to questions which are not being spelled out. the issue, and i'm talking to the juniors here, the issue on shadow sidewalks is a policy issue. as long as i have practiced in the city, shadow on sidewalks, which does not fall under the shadow ordinance in the way the public spaces government does, has been a concern, has been a design issue, and has been an issue of public commitment by many developers, and in this particular way is basically being