there was an interview in 2006, morgan freeman. he said to morgan freeman, what are you doing for black history month? morgan freeman said, nothing. and they said, what are you doing for american history month? and wallace said, nothing. it is said what about jewish history month question what you want there to be a jewish history month? and mike said, no. but then he said but, what do we do about racism? morgan freeman said, will how about you call me morgan and i call you mike. chills went down my spine. of all the years, that is the answer. what happened in recent years is that we went back. people have nostalgia, hate to use that word. people have nostalgia for that need to feel self-righteous about this is bad and this is good. the only open answer to racism is to forget about it. when i say that to some people they say you can't forget about that. the more you talk about it, the more you create it. it is an interesting phenomenon. if you just say, look at the city, this is nothing more multicultural than los angeles. you can

i want to thank morgan freeman and all of the honorees tonight. those for their bravery and defensive journalism carol from my publishing company for her support and fernand who has edited all of my books. there are a minded me when she told me not to mention it but i am surrounded by good women at simon & schuster. [applause] they help me to mind my business. carolyn is one, susan is terrific, they have all helped to make me a better person. [applause] and a better writer. that goes double for my wife. i especially want to thank the young people from marjorie stallman douglas high school. for their fierce advocacy and hard work in the wake of yet another horrific school shooting. not even the most recent, they had stood up admirably to this country's gun extremists who thinks the occasional blood sacrifices okay and if fence of the second amendment was written in such a time when they ar 15 and others did not exist. i feel like i'm in's link company here tonight. [applause] i'm just a guy who has loved books since childhood. when the big green bo

minutes and he said to morgan freeman what are you doing for black history month and morgan freemansaid nothing. what are you doing for american history month and wallace said nothing and what about jewish and about jewish history month and he wanted to be jewish history month? and mike wallace said, no. but then he said what do we do about racism and morgan freeman said, well, how about you call me morgan and i call you mike. when i saw that i got chills. all the years i was demonstrating and that's the answer but it happened in recent years is we went back because people have nostalgia and i hate to use that word but they have nostalgia for that need to feel self-righteous about this is bad and this is good but the only open answer to racism is forget about it. people i say that to some people and they say you can't forget about it the cause but the more you talk about it the more you need it. it's an interesting phenomenon. if you say look at this is a -- nothing more multicultural than los angeles and you can see it right here in the crowd around us. cares? just let it be forget

so who you trying to be, morgan freeman?"drew" is also looking at a 10-to-13 million-dollar debut. kyrie irving, shaquille o'neal and other basketball stars play old pros teaming to win a legendary street-ball tournament. we'll see how both movies score this weekend. in hollywood, i'm david daniel. ( marty ) you can expect long security lines if you are planning on heading to the airport for the 4th of july holiday . the t-s-a predicts a near record two and a half million people... will go through an airport today alone. that's nearly half-a- million more people than on a typical travel day. as for the overall summer travel outlook, airline analysts say nearly 250- million people will fly somewhere from june first... through august 31-st. ( dave )dry and hot today...with a little relief tomorrow. your forecast is next ! (sara) and coming up in the next hour ... the fire in concord is already 85- percent contained. we'll tell you when it's expected to be fully contained. ( marty ) here is a live look at the embarcadero. ( mart

thank you. >> presenting the pen literary service award to stephen king, please welcome morgan freeman[applause] >> thank you very much. my friend stephen king is a dauntless champion of the written word. stephen's body of work, over 60 novels, have riveted, terrified and inspired generations of readers, made long train rides, bedtimes and rainy afternoons into unforgettable new worlds and into the depths of our own fears. but compelling, impossible to put on writing and indelible stories are one of the reasons pen america has chosen to honor stephen tonight. stephen king is the embodiment of three threads at the core of pen america. the writer, humanitarian, the writer as conduit to bring unseen and unheard human experiences to life, the writer and activist using the power of the pen to shape the world. stephen's humanitarianism, boundless generosity, and profound humility. i will mention but one area close to the heart of the literary community gathered in this room. nearly 20 years ago stephen was struck by a car during a daily walk and couldn't write for appear go of about ten mont

george burns and morgan freeman. never bought either one of those. >> you want god to sound like him. >> george burns was hilarious. >> we don't want god to sound like this. >> doesn't smoke. >> president trump is on a big-time role, but how is it playing in peoria? frank is here to tell us next. .d just trust duracell. ♪ >> president trump, you have to admit this. he's on a major role. and any world leader would envy where he is right now. a soaring economy at home, diplomatic triumphs overseas, and there is this headline. tuesday's primary underscores that the g.o.p. is trump's party now. you just had to read my book "a billionaire with a barricade." it drives them absolutely bonkers especially given the loss of south carolina congressman, mark sanford. >> if you dare to speak against the king, donald trump, then he will screw with you and tweet something againsyou. >> why don't we just say it's devolved into a cult? the voters in the republican party have devolved into a cult. >> it's becoming a cultish thing, isn

breath 'til i pass out." [ laughter ] cnn reported today that eight women are accusing actor morgan freemaninappropriate behavior. not only that, 600,000 penguins. [ audience ohs ] [ light laughter ] here he comes. [ applause ] new york mayor bill de blasio announced today that the city will begin rolling out a dockless bike sharing system this summer. and they're all at the bottom of the hudson river. [ laughter ] a new study shows that using a cpap machine to regulate airway pressure can improve the sex lives of people with sleep apnea. said one woman, "yeah, i'd probably be willing to do it more if you wore a mask." [ audience ohs ] [ laughter and applause ] "yeah, no, it's a billboard, white billboard. black letter -- just look up." [ light laughter ] kim kardashian and kanye west celebrated their four-year wedding anniversary today. "i love you more than ever," said kanye to a mirror. [ laughter ] and, finally, today was asparagus day, which means that tonight was "what the -- oh, right, asparagus day!" night. [ laughter ] we've got a great show for you tonight. [ cheers and applause ]

. >> so we're trying to beat morgan freeman? >> come on back. >> don't do it like that, uncle drew!the h kyrie irving, everyone! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ >> seth: how are you? ood, how are you doing? [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: good. congratulations. i know you had your premiere last night, ich went great. >> yeah. >> seth: this was -- this is a character you played in some pepsi ads. >> yeah. >> you actually wrotand directed a couple of them. they're really popular online. but when they came to you and said"hey, that guy you playe in the pepsi ads, we want to make a full movie about him." what was youfirst reaction? >> i couldn't believe it. >> seth: yeah. >> i really couldn't. you know, it srted as an idea of a movie in santa barbara about three years ago. they approached me.s i ke, "i don't know if i'll ever have the time to really act in a movie." and then i thought coming on se i was just gonna, kind of, feel my way through it. i completely tanked my first day on camera. [ light laughter ]s i ally, really terrible. for a week and a half. a week and a half solid.th buopp