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morgan freeman and others talk black american. i know you don't like the phrase, african-american.you why in a moment. but black americans leading black americans who say the tea party is racist. and i know that your fairly humorous response is to say, i looked in the mirror and i appear to be a black man, which i get and you're totally how do you deal with that as a black man who is now leading the tea party charge, how do you deal with the element in the tea party that is overly racist snl. >> let me say that my experience as a man, there is no more a racist element in the tea party than there is in the general population at large. it isn't. it is not -- if that is -- it's not. this is the biggest misperception. i spoke at the biggest tea party event that i ever spoke at april 15th, 2009. i have spoken at hundreds of tea parties. it's not a racist organization. >> what do you say to morgan freeman, to harry belafonte who have been quite vocal about this? >> i say, go to a tea party. i doubt if they have ever been. >> i don't think they want to go. >> i'll go with them and provide

the day it opened, which you know the studio was dying, morgan freeman made his remarks about the tea he said he thinks the tea party is kind of racist. and all of a sudden it's on drudge report, it's on facebook, twitter. people are saying, you know, one of the comments online is he's on my no pay, no watch list. and immediately, within days, the polling firm that did this, penn show berlin, they found you that i believe around 30% of republicans, a higher percentage of tea partiers, said they will not see the movie because of morgan freeman. but the funny flip side of this is 42% of liberals said they would go see "dolphin tale," which was marketed as a family movie, definitely had a more conservative bend. they were marketing it in conservative circles. so that one's a little bit of a wash, but it had an impact. >> mm-hmm. it does. let's look at what we learned about the stars. stars democrats are likely to avoid. mel gibson, 36% say if he's in the movie i don't want to buy the ticket. schwarzenegger, 30% say that's going to turn me away. tom cruise, 27%. kelsey grammer 14%. jon vo

morgan freeman and others, top black american. i know you don't like the phrase african-american. i'm going to ask you why in a moment. but black americans, leading black americans, who say the tea party is racist. and i know that your fairly humorous response is to say, i looked in the mirror and i appear to be a black man and i'm in the tea party. which i get. and you're perfectly entitled to say that. but you well know there are other elements of the tea party who are racist. i don't think it's a trade secret. how do you deal with that as a black man, who is now leading the tea party charge? how do you deal with that element in the tea party that is overtly racist? >> let me say that my experience has been there is no more a racist element in the tea party than there is in the general population at large. it isn't. it is not -- if there is -- it's not. this is the biggest misperception. i spoke at the first tea party event that i ever spoke at april 15th, 2009. i have spoken at hundreds of tea parties. it's not a racist organization. >> what do you say to morgan freeman, to har

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nd morgan freeman hurt ticket sales. you know what hurt ticket sales? the plough the. the triumph of an amputee dolphin. who wouldn't want to see an amputee flipper? and conservative white males are least likely to believe in climate change. one group says, "we think conservative white males are jerky jerk sons. that statement was released by sweating penguins and polar bears." >> see you at the half. let's welcome our guests. she's so hot you can fry an egg on her forehead? who would? you have skill lets in every shop in the country. and he is considered one of the whitest in america. but jarls groden fell asleep in the green m -- green room. and he makes his own string cheese, don't ask me how, bill schulz. sitting next to me, writer john devore. and he is a stupid talking paper, that's it. good to see you, pinch. >> working for the weekend, aren't you, greg 1234* this week in travel he visits gay paris. reminds me of the torrid affair i had with a paris eight n paper. viva no pants! greg? >> well done, my friend. >> thank you. >> didn't mean it. >> well. >>> should

attack after another attack and you, at the recent one standing there talking about the tea party, morgan freeman calling the tea party racist. and he's a wonderful actor to call the tea party racist? >> bill: what i saw there is that he was angry, mr. freeman about the treatment barack obama is getting. he's a big supporter. interestingly enough when the obama people went to hollywood to try to raise money they had trouble. they had trouble. it wasn't like the first time around where people were kicking the doors in to give them money. now, there is shrinkage here, what is going on with that? >> i think that he's a bit aloof and stuck in they neutral mode. he's not able to accomplish anything, not what the left wants, right wants or country wants. they're stuck in this mire he's disappointing the far left. maybe people in the center and center right of getting more reasonable saying this isn't the direction we wanted to go. hollywood is epitomizes capitalism. it's all about who is the highest-paid actor? what did the movie make? so to say oh, socialism is a great idea, i think they that great fo

. >> i had morgan freeman on the show. you told me you watched that. and said he fears a lot of tea party political leaders and their followers are racist and he said it. he believes their sole intention is to get this black man out of the white house. what did you think when he said that? i subscribed to it. i was pleased that he articulated that point of view. we spent so much time trying to be politically correct as to being politically honest, we sometimes blur the picture. whether it was roosevelt or kennedy or eisenhower, anybody who ruled in difficult times with decisions to make ever had the kind of problems that barack obama is facing. i think a big part of that is the fact he is a man of color and there's a mood in this country that cannot tolerate that. >> let's have a little break and talk to you about the shocking moment a white woman touched you on television and of course deo. ♪ ask me. if you think even the best bed can only lie there. ask me what it's like when my tempur-pedic moves. talk to someone who owns an adjustable version of th

. >> i had morgan freeman on one of your movie colleagues and he was very passionate about that very subject saying there are elements of the tea party who just as he said, want to get the black man out of the white house. he said it on the show. >> i don't think there's in doubt about it. if you ask a representative of the tea party, social security, socialist, get rid of it? they're going to get very confuse. what -- at the end of the day there's a big bubble coming out of their head saying -- can we just lynch him? if we just focus on the basics, together i think this is a country that if it would kind of wake up and look at each other in the room and the light is off. you turn the light on and people are good. they want things good for their children. whether they're republican or democrat or a lefty actor in hollywood or some -- it just doesn't matter because -- they always say. wait until he gets in the back of a pickup truck with so and so and so and i've been in the back of a pickup truck a lot of times and we had a great time together. when i went to egypt, they said wait un

. >> none other than oscar winner morgan freeman. happy birthday "electric company."l. >>> good morning, welcome back to 9news now, 5:47. it's wednesday morning. we're almost to the weekend. but, will we like it? here's howard. >> well, we'll be off for a couple of days and that's always a plus right? but saturday is not looking that hot right now. in fact it's looking chilly and damp. the storm system which yesterday thought might stay south of us, looks like it wants to come visit and that means potentially a cold rain on saturday. we might even get a couple of wet flakes north and west the mix in andrea. >> i knew you were going to say that. >> the terps have a home game saturday afternoon. sorry maryland fans, weather may not too great for you. this morning at the bus stop forecast, partly to mostly cloudy. 40s and 50s. so you'll need a jacket. sunrise not until about 7:28 setting at 6:15. our day planner, calling for a little bit of sun this morning. as we go through the day though i think the clouds will thicken up. mostly cloudy by this afternoon. upper 60s by

and morgan freeman in a real life story about dolphins. moneyball stayed at second place.he lion king dropped to third and two new films, 50/50 and courageous round out the top five. >> who knew one of the oldest reality shows came to d.c. this weekend. looking for new cast members. people lined up outside the town tavern in northwest washington all for a chance to chat with the producers of mtv's real world. yes, it is still on the air. it started in may 1992 before some of weekend's applicants were even born. it is casting now for its 27th season. auditions were held in three other cities this weekend with 14 more scheduled before the cast members are selected. >> well, next week things won't be quite the same. andy rooney has stepped away from his job at "60 minutes." here's the end of his final essay as a regular contributor. >> this is a moment i've dreaded. i wish i could do this forever. i can't though. but i'm not retiring. writers don't retire. and i'll always be a writer. a lot of you have sent me wonderful letters and said good things to me when you meet me in t

after another attack and even at the recent one, they're talking about the tea party, calling morgan freemanthe tea party racist. >> bill: what's up with morgan? do you know him? >> i don't know, because he's a wonderful actor. but to call the tea partiers racist -- >> bill: i don't know either. what i saw was he was angry, mr. freeman, about the treatment that barak obama is getting. he's a big obama supporter. but interestingly enough, when the obama people went to hollywood last time to try to raise a lot of money, they had trouble. they had trouble. it wasn't like the first time around where the people were kicking the doors in to give the money. now it's a little shrinkage here. what's going on with that? >> well, i think that he's a bit aloof and he's sort of stuck in this sort of neutral mode where he's not able to really accomplish anything. not what the left wants, not what the right wants. not what the country wants. so he's sort of stuck in this mire and he's disappointing the far left. and maybe the people in the center and a little center right are getting more reasonable and sa

jackson and morgan freeman have talked about.black community, probably about 18 to 20% identify themselves as conservatives. that is a number that has been increasing. some of the very critical conservative minds out there, walter williams, happen to be african-american. i think what you're seeing with herman cain is someone who is against the tide. ol is not a career p common-sense solutions as far as our economic situation and turning things around as far as job growth in this country. i'd like to hear him speak a little stronger on national security. i don't think we can lose focus on that. bill: are you surprised by what herman cain is doing. >> no, i'm not surprised. this is a wide open field and americans and conservatives and people on the republican side are going to judge individuals based upon the message that ty can present that will turn things around in this country. as we said, the president admitted on sunday that people aren't as good off as they were four years ago, and i think that is directly attributable to so

. >> like morgan freeman. >> morgan freeman is amazing.ould have that track on my career. fortunately enough, things took off to where i've been able to do small roles in quality films. >> talk about your role in "real steel." >> i play fin, a boxing promoter. growing up i idolized don king. >> i like your hair better. >> he was a showman. a guy who likes the art of putting on a good show and making people happy and excited about it. >> he is actually a charming guy. >> a lot of baby oil and leather. >> did you deal with real robotic boxers or was it all cg? how did it work? >> this is scary. i live by the jack bauer complex. if something is not right, shoot it and ask later. i saw the "matrix" so i know what's going on. they built these robots. noisy boy, the purple one right there, that is a real robot. >> really? there is nobody in those? >> i'm like these robots are going to snap and eat somebody. i always stayed by the exit. i knew i would be the first to go. >> i like how you're growing your hair out a little. what are we doing up th

the slow zoom, the narration of a familiar voice, like tom hanks or morgan freeman. the sounds of banjos in the back. all set against a backdrop of an historic american tail. it is literally called the ken burn effect. our guest today is the creator. he is the automaker best known for leveraging american history. the baltimore sun rudbeckias not only the greatest documentarian of the day, but the most influential film maker. that includes the likes of george lucas and steven spielberg. our guest today joined us in part to launch his latest series, which began airing last night on pbs. i hope that many of you had the opportunity to see it. this three part series examines the rise and fall of the 18th amendment to the u.s. constitution. the series entitled "prohibition." with the release of this series, this veteran filmmaker is taking the opportunity to call for a new national discourse on stability and democracy. that is relevant as prohibition errors in the midst of this heated presidential campaign season. with a prolific record of film, in addition, and documentar

the narration of a comfortably familiar voice like tom hanks or morgan freeman perhaps of the sounds of harmonic -- harmonicas or banjos set against a backdrop of an historic american tail. it is literally called the ken burns the fact, the iconic film of fact made famous in "the civil war, co jazz, and here is our creator. he leverages american history into television programming is no one else can. the baltimore sun wrote that he is not only the greatest documentarian of the day but also the most temperamental flynn -- filmmaker period. our guest today joins us to launch his latest series which began airing last night on pbs. many of you had an opportunity to see it. like all work highlighting pivotal areas in american history like all of his work, this report series examines the rise and fall of the 18th amendment of the u.s. constitution, the series entitled "prohibition." he has called history table around which americans can all have a civil conversation. with the release of his " prohibition"series , he is calling for a new national discourse on stability and democracy. it is