tonight, part two of our discussion with morgan freeman. he has two movies coming out this summer including the anticipated dark knight rises. night two with morgan freeman coming up right now. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: last night, things were just getting good when we had to end their conversation with morgan freeman. talking about the dark knight rises and belle isle, so much more about what it means to be morgan freeman in today's world. you were saying that you were a bit frightened, scared were your exact words of the other side that does not like barack obama. >> case and point, if you look at the attempts to disenfranchise minority voters, and i use the term minority advisedly year. the hispanic world is growing so fast, i suspect that they will be in the majority.

what's -- morgan freeman bring to the screen?s not something i can tell you. >> reporter: you don't know what it is. >> i don't know what that is. >> reporter: his movie star dreams began as a child. but he was about 50 when he finally made that breakthrough to the big screen. what was the breakout role for you? the thing that -- >> "street smart." >> reporter: yes. >> i liked making movies better than being on the stage. >> reporter: why? >> i always wanted to be in movies. all of my acting -- ambition was to be a movie actor. >> reporter: from your earliest days. >> from the very earliest days. >> and the oscar goes to -- morgan freeman. >> reporter: what's next? >> my bucket list has me doing what is at the movies, and getting an academy award for best picture. >> reporter: i bet you'll do that. >> of course i will. >> reporter: barbara harrison, news 4. >> the lincoln medal that freeman received recognizes people for their contributions to society. freeman was honored for the millions of dollars he's donated in educational sc

tonight, a conversation with oscar-winning actor morgan freeman. at age 75, the popular star shows no sign of slowing down with a number of projects this year. you can catch him in what could be the biggest the -- film of the year. he continues his role of narrator of the science channel series through the wormhole. coming up right now. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: please welcome morgan freeman back to this program. the oscar-winning actor has to notable films coming out next month. the newest installment of the batman series and the new rob reiner project, the magic of belle isle. before we get to those, here is a small sampling of his unforgettable work. >> tomorrow, we have to meet. heavenly father, we want you to let our folks know that we died facing the enemy. we want them to k

, which found a benign tumor known as a meningioma. >>> president barack obama welcomed actor morgan freemanington this week as he awarded him the lincoln medal of honor at the forbes theater. i sat down with freeman to talk about his career. some say it was "shawshank redemption." others insist "driving miss daisy." president obama has said it was the early appearances on tv's "electric company" that made morgan freeman a household name. but morgan freeman says he's always been a household name somewhere. >> i was well known as a little boy. >> i bet you were. >> i was. >> dell me about that. >> i had a paper route when i was a teenager. i was doing, i was acting, i was in plays and stuff. and i remember one sunday i went to collect and i give my little receipts for the paper and i wrote my name on the receipt and gave it to this lady and she said, oh, you're morgan freeman. yes she said, my daughter talks about you all the time. so i was pretty good fish in a very small barrel, mind you. >> that was in greenwood, mississippi, where he moved back home to with his mom and sister when he was

geoff: i would be like hello, i'm morgan freeman. he is not in the movies. geoff: oh, i love the mango. craig: do another voice. you can't be morgan freeman. you to be somebody else. do matthew mcconaughey. well all right, all right. geoff: well, all right, all right. let's take our shirts off. let's have a little doobie and play these bongos. that's right. craig: have you ever witnessed a crime? geoff: oh, yeah. oh, yeah. craig: are you talking about the monologue i just did? geoff: absolute murder. craig: yeah, somebody died. i think it was me. geoff: i died a long time ago. craig: man, they really turned on me with that obama joke. did you hear that? geoff: you got them really riled up. craig: i was like it is a joke. you could actually hear them saying whaaaa! i'm like whaaaa! geoff: whaaaaa! craig: don't do that, man. you're a skeleton. it is creepy. geoff: the safety word is mango. craig: mango. geoff: all right. where are you going tough guys? sit down. there is more craig stinky haggis ferguson and geoff peterson after this.

you want to listen. >> i want to list. >> rose: david sanger and morgan freeman when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: barack obama won the 2008 presidential election bound to repair america's image abroad. his promise to restore traditional american engagement led to accusations that he was soft on national security. but his three and-a-half years in office the picture that emerges is one of a president whose hawkish decisions mirrors those of his predecessor. the reliance on drone and cyber warfare has culminated a new chapter of american's foreign policy. david sanger a chief washington correspondent of the "new york times." in his new book he looks at the ways president obama's foreign policy has surprised his supporters and opponents alike. >> it is called confront and conceal obama's secret wars of the american power. i am please to do have david sanger back at this table. welcome. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: as you sat down i said often good books begin with a good question. what qu

>> of course that is oscar winner morgan freeman. his memorable movie roles. >> how he's addressing big questions that have puzzled mankind in all of history in his third season of host of the channels, through the warm hole -- say the name of the series. >> through the worm hole with me. >> what does that mean "through the worm hole with me?" >> they're little squiggly things in the ground. >> they creep me out. maybe that's why i have a hard time saying it. >> there's a theory that are places in space that will facilitate travel and these places are called worm holes. >> go ahead. >> this is about asking big questions. >> big questions, yeah, yeah. mayor questijor questions. >> like superior race. >> race scares people. why do you think it is? >> it scares us in the united states. it scares us because we tend not to worry about it. >> yeah. >> what do you say is the conclusion is there a superior ra race? >> the conclusion there is no superior race, at least not on earth. >> that we know about. >> that we know about. >> there is a

look, what i'm saying is that morgan freeman -- i was saying it to the studio audience. he is one of those amazing guests, you look sometimes across at people who are up at the desk and go my god, morgan freeman. geoff: and look at you and think how did this scottish lesbian get this show? [laughter] craig: i love you, organ. geoff: i love you too, chris. craig: good night, everybody. >>> death buyer fire. auto safety experts say that is what happened to dozens of people who perished in fiery crashes involving late models of the jeep grand cherokee. >> now the government is expanding its investigation into these vehicles and others. 9 wants you to know why some are calling this a life and death safety issue. for over a year our lesli foster has been investigating the claims made about these popular suv's. >> reporter: anita and derek, the questions center around the 1993 to 2004 jeep grand cherokee. if you look in this hatch you will see all the documents senior producer stephanie wilson and i have poured through. the consumer group, the center for auto safety, believes

look, what i'm saying is that morgan freeman -- i was saying it to the studio audience. he is one of those amazing guests, you look sometimes across at people who are up at the desk and go my god, morgan freeman. geoff: and look at you and think how did this scottish lesbian get this show? [laughter] craig: i love you, organ. geoff: i love you too, chris. craig: good night, everybody. [ banker ] mike and brenda found a house that they really wanted. it was in my sister's neighborhood. i told you it was perfect for you guys. literally across the street from her sister. [ banker ] but someone else bought it before they could get their offer together. we really missed a great opportunity -- dodged a bullet there. [ banker ] so we talked to them about the wells fargo priority buyer preapproval. it lets people know that you are a serious buyer because you've been credit-approved. we got everything in order so that we can move on the next place we found. which was clear on the other side of town. [ male announcer ] wells fargo. do a lot of sending... and receiving. sending...a

sorry. >> it puts the pressure on, knowing that morgan freeman is watching. you know what i mean? ur game, willie. >> i think it's too late for that. there's no hope for us. >>> morgan, let's talk about your show "through the worm hole." >> it looks fascinating. >> you ask some tough questions, including the clip we just saw about whether in fact there is a superior race. how do you grapple with that on the show? >> well, generally we go to scientists, whoever is pretty much expert on the subject that we want to investigate. so we just go and ask people what is the common belief amongst the scientific community, as it were, what's going on. and of course the general consensus is there is no such thing. when we talk about i.q. tests. if you imagine as smart as you are that if you were set down in the saerengeti with some warriors, what your i.q. would be there. >> yeah. >> so what are we talking about when we talk about iq? >> what draws you to these questions? >> i am like most people. i'm curious about things. and if i have -- i have a forum now. i have a way to ask these question

join me next time for a conversation with actor morgan freeman. next time, we will see you then. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be

. >>> and morgan freeman turns 75. >>> all day long, stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> here is a look at what is coming up later this morning on the "today" show. three jurors from the john edwards trial open up in an exclusive live interview. >>> the latest country music craze, the band perry perform live on the plaza. >>> keep on it this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry thanks for watching "early today" just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one.

. >>> oscar actor morgan freeman stops by the studio and erica wraps up the queen's jubilee and speaksith andrew weber. that's the "cbs morning news" this morning. appreciate you watching. thank you so much. i'm terrell brown. everybody, have great day. take care. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> a car chase, a hostage situation and a barricade. how it came to a peaceful and began oakland. >>> its

. >>> morgan freeman said he's hoping president obama wins another term, saying "we are going to be in lot of trouble if we don't re-elect him because people on the other side of the fence scare me." >>> maybe bristol palin should go back to dancing. credited with driving the ratings as a contestant on "dancing with the stars," her new show on lifetime tanked in its opener. ironically, her lead-in show "dance moms" had more than twice as many viewers. >>> and finally, check out buzz feed for a clever interactive offering that gives you the chance to sift out who are republicans or democrats among your facebook friends. even if you're not looking to de-friend, it may surprise you to see the various political likes of yours friends. and that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> now here's your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,824 after losing 12 points yesterday. the s&p was down two, but the nasdaq was up a frtion. taking a look at overseas trading this morning. in tokyo, the nikkei rose 71 points, but in hong kong, it sang 253. >>> afte

i was listening -- the other day my abowife and i had a chance to to a lunchion where morgan freeman was honored and janet was talking and was asking him, do you think it's in a human being's dna to hate? and he said yes, but it's also in the dna to love. and i think that that is is something that struck me, as i was listening to her tell this. i remember reading john gardner many, many years ago, former secretary of what was then health, education and welfare. he had a book called "recovery of confidence." he said something that really stayed with me to this day. he said our institutions have become caught in a savage cross fire between critical lovers and unloving critics. if i look back at the richard nixon experience, the sense of being not a loving critic, but someone who held anger and resentment and hatred for others. and i think that fueled him. i think hatred is a consuming passion. and it ends up destroying the people -- the person who holds it as much as the people against it. there's no way to go back and ask richard nixon what lessons he learned. i had occasion to meet h

let's see, morgan freeman is doing pretty good. >> james dee -- >> kanye west. >> i hear cabdrivers yell out those same names every time they pass a black guy. >> that is such an old cliche. you have to come up with something new. your turn. >> some people exploit it. it is white guilt. my rap name used to be white guilt. i had two albums. i didn't go no where. i think it is too much. you are writing on your face and what are you doing? white people are so uncomfortable with everything uley've got because you sho be and you took most of it. >> i didn't take anything. i worked hard for it. i don't have an ounce of guilt in my life. >> what we need to do is let's all concentrate on the future and the president and try to get along together. >> i like that. >> and try to build. >> that's a beautiful message. >> all of the finger-pointing, it is like enough already. when is it going to stop? >> when is it going to stop? >> i can understand why these people feel guilty, but get over it. >> i think they are stupid. they are born and bred from the teacher's lounge. they drew on their face, and

i am speaking of morgan freeman in "deep impact" and everybody knows we have organizations meant to prevent us from finding out about aliens because they -- because we saw them with our own eyes. >> i fall into the percent that think this country is doomed. >> i kind of agree with kurt on this. here is the deal. i think president obama perhaps may be one of the most ambitious people on earth. i think being president of the united states in a way is beneath him. if he sees that there is a universe out there of other creatures, he may throw earth under the bus in order to run for president of the universe. >> i thought that was a pretty good theory. >> i liked it. >> maybe we can move on then. any day now. there you go. from aliens to anchors. should moscow stop the press to relief some stress? the crack pot russian nationalist leader have taken a one-month vacation. the liberal democratic party called for the media to stop reporting on junk from july 15th to august 15th, a month, all to protect the country's psyche. there he is. i kind of like him. he said, quote, there is a tremendous amoun

. >> all inmates are morgan freeman. >> and charles mann son is 76 years old. >> i would take him toe is an agent. >> you think charles manson is going to get out and get young girls to follow him and kill some people. >> that is the other thing about punishment. charles manson should not be alive. he should have been dragged from the back of a truck over broken glass. take him outside and cut him to pieces. >> cut him to pieces or letting him out of prison he would say, whaz an iphone? that's a bus? planes fly? >> hold on, planes fly. he was in jail in 1969. >> it was not 1869. >> why are people wearing clothing. >> this is the other point. even if they are dangerous, that's not the point. charles manson is a heinous criminal who should rot in jail. actually he should have been killed a longtime ago. you are equating evil with time. >> unlock his cell and don't put a guard there. he ain't going no where. >> if you have done something against the law that says you are supposed to be in prison for 20 or 30 years, especially for a violent crime who cares if you are 70 or 80 years old.

. >> and something we don't want to tell morgan freeman, your today's hot talk from hot 99.5.e game, a new list is out, cane. you have the worst and this is for men and women too, right? >> what this is essentially is they found that certain names have certain characteristics to go with them. full disclosure, not my list. don't send any complaint letters to hot 99.5. as guy down the list for men and women. first, the worst names for men, the top two are morgan and gordon, those men named morgan are oftentimes motivated by recognition. they don't work well others. they want the spotlight to themselves. and gordons tend to sabotage themselves. for women, heather and marie. heathers are sweetheart bus sometimes a hard time keeping priorities and maries always self-serve and put themselves last. we had women call up and men call up this morning to the cane show on hot 99.5. we found out a lot of these actually parallel real life. >> really? could you tell? over the radio. >> again, not the cane show. don't complain to me. i'm sure you're perfect the way you are. >> how about barba

. >> and didn't morgan freeman do something -- >> yeah, he did the first two, as much running and jumpingunts, i think morgan would have been like, okay, you take this one. >> you made national news with the fire t tyler perry studios. is everything okay? >> looking at it on the news, you thought everything was gone, but it was a facade. because everything is on camera, the entire fire when it started and how it happened was on film. there was a security camera, so we know it was not on purpose. >> i think it's going to do well. what would madea say? >> i hope so, honey, i do too. we'll be right back on cbs this morning. we charge everything else... maybe it's time to recharge the human battery. only the beautyrest recharge sleep system combines the comfort of aircool memory foam layered on top of beautyrest pocketed coils to promote proper sleeping posture all night long. the revolutionary recharge sleep system from beautyrest... it's you, fully charged. get a free set of sheets when you buy a select beautyrest mattress. hurry, offer ends soon. and the chefs at lean cuisine are loving ta

. >> didn't morgan freeman do something? >> he did the first two. did in this thing. i kind of think morgan would have said you take this one. >> you made national news with the fire at tyler perry studios. >> yeah. >> is everything okay? do we know how the fire started because the flames looked scary. >> if you -- looking at it on the news, you thought everything was gone. >> yeah. >> but it was the facade. it was the back lot. because everything is on camera, the entire fire when it started, how it happened, it was all filmed through security cameras. so we know it wasn't foul play. and it was just the facades. none of the buildings are -- >> continued success. great to have you here. >> thank you very much. >> i think it's going to do very well. >> i sure hope so. >> what would madea say? >> i hope so. >>> "witness protection" opens in theatres this friday. we'll be back on "cbs this morning." we charge everything else... maybe it's time to recharge the human battery. only the beautyrest recharge sleep system combines the comfort of aircool memor