mr. pierce, in new orleans' darkest hour, what did you do?" and i knew that i had to have a response, i'm an actor, so that's what i wanted my response to be. - you gravitate to your-- - and i said this is what i want to respond to, so we did "waiting for godot" right in the heart of the lower ninth ward where it was our ground zero-- - [evan] most devastated - it was sacred ground. it was sacred ground. thousands of people had died. hundreds of people had died, and, i knew that i wanted to respect them. and in the middle of that play, there was the most cathartic moment of my life. when my character stands there, in the midst of the desolation, and he says, "at this place, in this moment in time, "all mankind is us, let us do something "while we have the chance." it was as if i was stepping out of character, as if i was talking to my family members of the community of new orleans who had come from all different places, in the midst of this disaster, we knew that to honor the people that had lost their lives through no fault of their own. and

mr. pierce will be signing books on the plaza after the session. his books are for sale in the sales area. a portion of those proceeds from the book will go to help fund the summer festival of books. >> i am a board member with, and i am also the curator of african american national music [applause]. thank you it is set to open in 2018. right now we are in the process of doing a lot of great work. i'm excited to be here. onto our esteemed author. wendell pierce was born in new orleans. he started all five seasons of the acclaimed hbo drama the wire. [applause]. you may remember him as a humble man. he was nominated as an naacp for outstanding actor for that role. he has also starred [applause]. in the hbo series and has appeared in several other feature films such as,, waiting to exhale and hackers. since hurricane katrina, he katrina, he has been helping to rebuild the flood ravaged park neighborhood of new orleans. he is here to talk a little bit about that today. again, let's welcome mr. wendell pierce [applause]. >> thank you very much. this is

[laughter] >> literally mrs. pierce sent boxes ofs. soap and detergent didn't have that texas. the first time that your dad drove through texas he stopped in local diner in abilene not knowing it was chicken fried like a stake or a fried steak like a chicken. [laughter] >> there's one moment in the dairy 1948, you were two, maybe 1949 where you were listening to mother goose records. >> that's where it all started. [laughter] >> take that putin. [laughter] [cheers and applause] >> and you jabbed her in the leg with a knitting needle. >> take that mother. >> what these dairies give you -- >> wow. >> if you put an incredibly intelligent observant woman at the highest levels of american politics this is what you get. you have the first impressions of texas politics, she said in 1963 i of the john byrd society which were very in dallas, houston, big forces, the nuts will never love him, she saw that about her husband in 1963. incredibly moving. we have the first time she meat the regans and she points out how immensely attractive they both were and saw that. she wasn't always as qu

mrs. pierce's sent boxes of soap and detergent to her son-in-law and daughter figuring they did not have that in texas. the first time your dad drove through texas in the studebaker he stopped at a local diner in abilene and ordered chicken fried steak not knowing if it's chicken fried like a steak or steak red like a chicken. so he ordered a lone star so it didn't matter. so there is one moment in the diary 1948, you are too, maybe 1949, where you are listening to mother goose records. >> is where it all started. [laughter] >> take that pollutant [applause]. [laughter] -- putin. >> and you jabbed her in the let big with the knitting needle. >> take that mother. >> what these diaries give you, you put an incredibly intelligent observant woman at the highest levels of american politics for have center, this is what you get. you have first impressions of texas politics, she she said in 1963 of the john birch society which are in dallas and houston, big forces, the nuts will never love him. she said that she said that about her husband in 1963. we have her account of president kennedy's assassin

mr. pierce. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate each one of you being here. i guess mr. woodall, you've been i think engaged in a discussion at a previous appearance you made in front of this committee, talking about some of the downstream effects of the listing of aig and prudential and metlife. so that's going to have an effect on the insurance market itself, will it not, if i remember from our previous discussion? >> yes. >> so we in the u.s. enjoy competitive advantage throughout much of the world. and coming from the business world, specifically repairing oil wells, which is filled with liability, we utilize that insurance market to great advantage, to allow us to create jobs, to do a better competitive effort than some of our friends overseas could do. and so will there be downstream effects from any actions you all take regarding the too big to fail? will there be effects in the insurance market? >> well, yes. i mean, you used terminology that -- obviously if someone has increased regulatory expenses, it's going to affect how they operate in the market. >> so ther

>> this is an amazing historical document that starts in 1948 when they went to a edessa, mrs. piercehought they were going to russia. it was the wrong. as a but wasn't that far off. she sent boxes of soap and detergent to her son-in-law and daughter figuring they didn't have that in texas. the first time your dad drove through texas he stopped at a local diner, orders chicken fried steak, not knowing if it was chicken fried like steak or steak fry like chicken. we ordered a lone star so it didn't matter. there is one moment in the diary in 1948, maybe 1949, where you were listening to mother goose records. >> where it all started. [laughter] >> take that, vladimir putin. [laughter] >> you jabbed her in the leg with a knitting needle. >> take that, mother! >> what these diaries give you, if you put an incredibly intelligent observant woman at the highest level of american politics this is what you get. her first impressions of texas politics, she said in 1963 of the john birch society which were in dallas and houston, big forces, the nets will never love him, she saw that about her hu

mr. pierce. >> thank you, mr. chairman. appreciate each one of you being here. i guess mr.odall, you've been i think probably engaged in a discussion in a previous appearance you made in front of this committee talking about some of the downstream effects of the listing of aig and prudential and metlife. so that's going to have an effect on the insurance market itself, will it not, if i remember from our previous discussion? >> yes. >> so we in the u.s. enjoy competitive advantage throughout much of the world. and coming from the business world, specifically repairing oil wells, which is filled with liability refuse we utilize that insurance market to great advantage, to allow us to create jobs, to do a better competitive effort than some of our friends overseas could do. so will there be downstream effects from any actions you all take regarding the too big to fail? will there be effects in the insurance market? >> well, yes. i mean, you used terminology that -- obviously if someone has increased regulatory expenses, it's going to effect how they operate in the market. >>

mr. bush: franklin pierce? i hope i can make it. what's the date? >> the 19th. mr. bush: thank you.indiscernible] mr. bush: it's dead, the battery thing. i use twitter. i get notifications on twitter. i look at e-mail and the calendar, principally. good luck to you. ♪ mr. bush: all right. >> are we ready on the porch? >> can we get a photo? here. out.ticle is coming i have a picture -- mr. bush: that would be cool. i don't know if we will bring a -- that that would be pretty cool. [indiscernible] [indistinct chatter] >> the presidential candidates month and a half away from the new hampshire primaries. journal, wengton heard more about what was happening in that state including the debate last night between the democratic candidate. host: the story from the union leader website. "democrats found some common ground in the new hampshire presidents of debate, seeing donald trump as a the factor recruiter for the islamic state terrorists, a criticism of the feminine based on his proposal -- front runner based on his proposal. hillary clinton is worried that his rhetoric reinforces anti-

mr. pierce. >> thank you, mr. chairman. appreciate each one of you being here. i guess mr. woodall, you've been i think probably engaged in a discussion in a previous appearance you made in front of this committee talking about some of the downstream effects of the listing of aig and prudential and metlife. so that's going to have an effect on the insurance market itself, will it not, if i remember from our previous discussion? >> yes. >> so we in the u.s. enjoy competitive advantage throughout much of the world. and coming from the business world, specifically repairing oil wells, which is filled with liability refuse we utilize that insurance market to great advantage, to allow us to create jobs, to do a better competitive effort than some of our friends overseas could do. so will there be downstream effects from any actions you all take regarding the too big to fail? will there be effects in the insurance market? >> well, yes. i mean, you used terminology that -- obviously if someone has increased regulatory expenses, it's going to effect how they operate in the market.

pierced. do you agree? mr. comey: i agree. i would very much like to get to the world where if a judge issues an order, the company can comply with it. communication between terrorists or drug dealers or kidnappers, i would very much like to see that. >> thank you. >> thank you for your leadership. i believe you are a person who is well qualified for the job and understand the seriousness of your role, and have the background and experience to do it well. you testified before the house ,ommittee october 22 and said dealing with prisons and punishment, you struggle with incarceration," " because it conveys a sense that people are locked up en mass." everyone had to be proven guilty. isn't it amazingly true that over 95% of criminals plead guilty in federal court? mr. comey: the days of trials seem to be a bygone. now since i was prosecuting, maybe since you were prosecuting, the sentencing guidelines under the supreme court have become advisory, nonbinding. attorney general holder has altered traditional department of justice p

mr. toffee. and even though it doesn't exist, i believe we have a clip. jim? >> my son. >> stephen: oh, father, you've been pierced with a candy cane! stay still. i'll get help. someone, call the donut doctor! >> no, no, son. it's too late for that. my game is over. as our people say, i am out of >> stephen: don't say that, father. you just need to eat. drops! >> stephen: i'm such a fool! i put three of them together, and they disappeared! so sorry. >> it's all right, my son. not even a triple color bomb combo could save me now. where-- where were you? >> stephen: father, i was stuck at the ice cream caves. i was clearing all the jellies, just as you taught me, father! >> did you... did you slide the red ones down? >> stephen: i did. >> good boy. did you slide the blue ones, right? >> stephen: yes! i even got one of those sick combo chain reactions going. i crushed as many as i could, and the gummy fishes tried to help, but it wasn't enough. >> it's okay, son. you've given an old man his final sugar rush. ( laughter ) you must defeat the bubblegum troll before he reaches butterscotch boulders. >> stephen: but i ca

mr. saving up dates on the forces progress while on vacation and eli with other officials have congratulated iraq on its feet or he and if they continue support of the coalition should pierce a spokesperson for the department of state and a briefing yesterday. >> we can commend the government of iraq in the brave iraqi forces that have displayed such tremendous perseverance as well as courage and their right to return to ramadi from the m. bar province to the iraqi people. cheryl: iraqi forces vote continue to capture those still under isis command. nicole: let's get caught up in the global market. asia under pressure. all great mayors across the board. the shanghai composite index of 1%. the nikkei and the hang seng are higher, a path of a percent of the cost be up one 10th of 1%. cheryl: in europe, stocks are higher at 58 in the dax up 152 points in germany. nicole: we are seeing whether or not we are positive for the year 2059 negative. dow futures have been trending higher up 80. s. and he futures up a point by the nasdaq up 23 right now. cheryl: as 2151 sound coming here is how stocks have gone so far for the year. s&p downplayed point when 2%. nasdaq on the deal may

mr. corden. would any of you agree to that? >> no. >> no. >> she's got four tattoos. >> i do have four. you'll never see them. i'm just kidding. >> sheinelle has no tattoos. >> i have one ear piercing. >> i have two. >> hidden tattoo. >> you're telling the truth. >> yep. >> we'll dig a little deeper during the commercial break. >>> still ahead, hot holiday deals and tips to make sure your trip goes off without a hitch. we'll be right back. >>> still ahead, we'll go back to california for an update into the investigation in the san bernardino massacre. >>> also ahead, my candid conversation with legendary film maker spike lee. we talk about his provocative new movie "chi-raq" out in if you have moderate to severe and you're talking to a rheumatologist about a biologic, this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. this is humira helping me reach for more. doctors have been prescribing humira for more than 10 years. humira works for many adults. it targets and helps to block a specific source of inflammation that contrubutes to ra symptoms. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, someti

mr. trump's taking advantage of that. that's what he's exploiting during the course of his campaign. >> want to bring in katrina pierce, national spokesperson for the trump campaign. nice to see you. >> hi, thomas. thank you. >> those words about exploiting the anger of some parts of the american electorate, is donald trump doing that? >> i think it's rich that the accusation that the billionaire in the race is the one that's resonating with middle income people simply because of anger, it's not true. it's his policies. it's the fact he's not a politician, the fact that he's not beholden to a lot of the pacs and donors that many of the politicians are beholden to. that's what's happening here. the political class and all the elites in the media and the pundits, they just don't seem to get that still to this day. >> even though he's not tethered to pacs and having anybody pull the strings as he likes to talk about, is this proper leadership? is this presidential leadership to talk about muslims this way, mexicans this way, megyn kelly this way, john mccain this way? is that presidential leadership to refer to certain groups of p