you may be thinking, yeah well, oliver stone is liberal.t about some senators who also agree. >> we have a new york congressman who released the following statement: >> senator ron white also made this statement: >> cenk: of course, both of those guys are democrats one from congress, the other from the senate. colonel davis, let me start with you on that. how good a point do they have here and relating to what oliver stone said, how far we've gotten away from where the country was 30 years ago. even though we were going through watergate, etc. we've gotten far more right wing, authoritarian and entrenchinged government power. >> now you're exactly right. we seem to forget pretty quickly. the things happening today, 30 years ago just would have been shocking, and people would have been taking to the streets. in this post 9/11 era it has become the new normal. whatever you got to do to keep me safe from the bad guys. if it means taking my civil liberties, then do it. people don't seem to be concerned about it. it's asked backwards. normally y

oliver stone brilliant filmmaker who is no stranger to controversy the always outspoken director sat down with me to talk about his life his work and his latest film savages welcome to the recession boys please tell her part of people want to. say you don't mind if you have opiates a little thin and. who are you guys you guys you know you he have a clean business there's no problems there ain't no ben and shawn without so much. just a matter of time guys before they legalize it take the deal instead of the tapper takes. them out. california has made some other great movies ever in this country's the academy award winning director oliver stone and his newest film which i just saw today savages is now playing wide in theaters . across america it is a terrific movie it's an edge of the seat movie. and all as i said i give you a quote i'll always stone his back he's won't tell me about this movie first how you got to how this came about what was a great novel by don winslow by the same name and i read it in the early galleys form and we bought it i bought it myself with my own money and

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for oliver stone and roseanne barr to speak out it is premature. >> the president of ecuador?nne barr appeal will make a difference? >> is she even on your radar to? >> he probably knows these people but don't think it will sway the president one way or the other but it ddes talk about the hollywood community. melissa: a russian rocket carrying three satellites worth $200 million. exploded and crashed 17 seconds after liftoff. but the engine suddenly turned off? it caused a large spill of toxic rocket propellant. sidents wereold to stay home with the windows closed and close the shops. if this is embarrassing. >> for the russian space program, right now we rely on russia to g things up into space but accidents happen. we need to know why those engines shut down but is a slap in the face. >> totally embarrassing and a humiation for vladimir% to six his presidency and try to resurrect in the former soviet powerto build up the military to gain that power back so that is humiliating. melissa: reportedly hiring mostly women because they weigh less than men. and up to $500,000 per y

. >>> oliver stone, danny glover, shia labeouf, roseanne bar and john cusack joined the campaign pushing for ecuador to grant edwardsnow den political asylum. that's an interesting twist there. >>> the history channel is losing its religion to nbc. yeah, the peacock network picked up they is dwoel the widely successful mini series "the bible." no air date set yet. >>> a fitting final resting place has been selected for rich i havens. next month the folk rocker's ashes will be spread across the legendary site of his breakout performance at the 1969 woodstock music festival. >>> and remember him? ruben studdard is getting a second round of reality television. the season 2 "american idol" champion will be featured on nbc's weight loss show "the biggest loser" this fall. >>> actress gabrielle union has the internet buzzing about her new film "being mary jane." she plays a tv news anchor which is fitting since she grew up a news hound reading three newspapers a day. i have to tell you, this is a hard job. this is not easy, right? >> the hours are a little different. i feel like hollywood is a

oliver stone. wall street. >> what impact do you think that movie had on the country? how much of that played in? , the fact that fortune picked up on him on their magazine -- i am always interested in the business aspect. , it did not do very well when they came out. they were surprised that it did not resonate at the time. subsequently, it has become a classic film. it describes the activity on wall street. >> i am looking at rfk in brooklyn. why? one of the discussions at the andite is "icons celebrities." honorntrigued with who we with statues. it turns out that fictional characters have their own statues in some cases. statues a jackie gleason from when he was starring in "the honeymooners." ventured into a series of the statues and resurrected fictional characters. mary tyler moore has one. there are others. phonze.s -- the of, who gets a statue? public figures. rfk caught my attention. captured i came across kennedy. she really captured kennedy in the bust that she did. the photo of the bust. my attention -- the photo of the bust got my attention. what he did fo

oliver stone brilliant filmmaker who is no stranger to controversy the always outspoken director sat down with me to talk about his life his work and his latest film.

guest: i was curious if you had seen oliver stone's "a history of the united states." korea was a japanese colonial basin. at the end of the second world war russell was probably going-- probably going to invade japan if china russia was the real power in the world. issues.es on those the koreans and chinese have a history of all kinds of war massacres it is -- all kind of massacres. it is a competition situation. wasn't the war a cold war extension? guest: that is a cold war extension. it also reflected, as i have been mentioning, these divisions in korean society. in a way the at mid -- the truman administration reacted to it, it reflects what is going on in the world and the origins of the cold war. in particular, one of the things the truman administration said and one of the ideas that was used as justification for sending american troops to korea. this represented an instance of communist aggression. allowed as nazi aggression was allowed in munich. from the perspective of the truman administration and from china their motives were very much intertwined with the

. >> michael douglas, charlie daryl hannah, martin sheen, and oliver stone film, street. >> what impact do you think that country? on the and is -- how much of that to ed into why you decided write about it. > again, the fact that "fortune" picked up on gekko on the cover of the magazine. me. struck i'm always very interested in the business aspects of the music as well. but interestingly, when wall out, it didn't do very well. it wasn't very successful. this released and they were surprised it didn't resonate at the time. i think subsequently, it has classic film, describing that whole activity on wall street. it was a classic. >> i'm looking at r.f.k. and brooklyn. the picture isn't popped up yet. but we'll get it on the air. why are r.f.k. in brooklyn? why the statue? >> one of the sections in the what i call "icons and celebrities." i've become intrigued in and where ow and why and who we honor with statues country.he t turns out that even fiction unanimous -- fictional characters have their own statue cases. jackie gleeson statue. jackie gleeson hen he was starring in the honeymoon

decades to tell the story you don't have to be oliver stone or a conspiracy theorist to suspect there'sprosecution dropped him a couple days ago, because the case is going well. lawyers are constantly making strategic decision, and he was going to testify about an alleged extortion. there was a witness who's already testified who was far more important, so to speak, in terms of the big picture kevin weekes, who considered whitey bulger his mentor. he's already testified about murders and how the enterprise worked action and he says that rakes' version of the extortion of his liquor store isn't how it was. so the jury would have had two conflicting stories. what if the jury believed rakes? it would have called into question weeks' credibility not just on the extortion of the liquor store, but perhaps some of the testimony, so why mess it up? let go the extortion. they got 19 murders they're introducing evidence of plenty other crimes. >> dan counter, you think it would have been a liability for them? >> yes, potentially there's always a chance of overkill. this probably was a decision ju

. >> did oliver stone say something. we're becoming a tyrannical regime. he said it in the czech republic, okay? which was like under the authoritarian regime of the soviet union. >> is that a blog? >> it's a blog. >> blog this. >> your fourth of july, kimberly, how was it? >> fantastic. i spent it with friends, fantastic food and great weather. these little mini corn dogs. i wanted to race bob and eat those. >>> you did actually eat most of them. i ate a lot. and i just enjoyed it. the weather was hot but it didn't rain. >> how about you guys? >> it was really good. i tried to get my hands on illegal fireworks in chinatown. did not. i feel a little less free today. >> great food, great company, fourth of july is my favorite. opposite of gawker. >> coming up, more on the zimmerman trial. i was trying to stretch it so i didn't have to talk about zimmerman. >> the prosecution rested, the trial is in recess until monday. plus, there was one very important cabinet member missing from the president's national security meeting on egypt yesterday. where was secre

my question to you, and looking on the legacy of oliver stone and other people before you left tried blow the whistle, do you really feel it is an issue of and permission that is not getting out or do we just need experts like you to actually run for office to make change? i mean -- >> not on your life, brother. [laughter] [applause] >> i appreciate the question. i have way too many skeletons in my closet. [laughter] i mean, look, take your question seriously, i do think that unless we break the duopoly, unless we have an actual multi-party system in this country where we will get anywhere with the democratic and republican parties, their agenda is to support a business to keep the idea that america is the exception in the world, that is a requirement to president of united states. i really admire people of a local level which had organized third party challenges. is the most democratic thing you could do, try to fight to break the stranglehold. there are differences in domestic policy between democrats and republicans. tecumseh the national security stay there of a war party. and so

in fact, the only filming inside the house after 196 was when a man named oliver stone asked to shootne there for his 1991 movie j.f.k. >> a man shot the president. reporter: pat hall also says her grandmother was a bit rangeled by the way the police searched oswald's room. >> when the authorizes came, they dumped everything in. they just grabbed the sheets arch walked out. >> reporter: cbs news man lou wood found mrs. gladys johnson. did the officers take his possession? >> yes, everything. everyone? everything. >> what did they say when he left. >> they said he wouldn't be returning. >> reporter: and this f.b.i. inconvenient inventory includes a note about a mrs. johnson claiming one of the pillow cases. >> my grandmother harbored the fact that she never got her sheets back until the day she died. >> reporter: serious lie. seriously. not because they were historic but because those were fairly new sheets and she could have used those on other beds. >> reporter: the sheets may be gone but hall says that to the best of her knowledge the bed is oswald's. what's more, many of the furnis

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i was curious if you had seen oliver stone's "a history of the united states."asin. at the end of the second world russell was probably going to invade japan if china didn't. they have touched upon those issues. japanese -- the koreans and chinese have a history of all kinds of war is -- all kind of massacres. it is a competition situation. wasn't wore a cold war extension? guest: that is a cold war extension. as i haveflected, been mentioning, these divisions in korean society. mid -- thee at truman administration reacted to it, it reflects what is going on in the world and the origins of the cold war. in particular, one of the things the truman administration said and one of the ideas that was as justification for sending american troops to korea. -- american jew korea was this was a sense of communist aggression. abbeys from the perspective of the truman administration and their motives were very much intertwined with the cold war. john from ohio. are you there? caller: hello. my question is when i got drafted i got -- i was at fort lewis washington. everybod

which oliver stone noon 89 epic -- >> which is it?town preparing for a fourth of july celebration while always -- >> "jaws." >> kathie lee? >> which 1996 sci-fi block buster turned will smith into a bona fide movie star -- >> what? >> premature poppage. that was not -- you don't know the answer. >> which film featured a boxer preparing to fight his nemesis -- >> the one with russell crowe. >> no. >> rocky -- >> and we have a clear winner. kathie lee has taken this. >> continue. i like this game. >> one more? >> tiebreaker. >> this will break the tie even though it's 4-0. which broadway show was adopted into a 1972 -- >> 1776. >> and kathie lee will take the title. >> yea. >> thanks, dear. i want to see you model that thing. that beer thing, baby, all right? >> it's time for -- >> in a speedo. oh, yeah. i'm sorry. >> it's time for our -- >> this is a slow and easy summer song. i love the swann brothers so much on the "voice." this is a great -- an old song they covered called "drift away." >> am i going to like this one? >> you're goin

olive oil with with some garlic. spread that out. the important thing when you cook pizza on a stones over here. i've got my stone there. stick it in the oven -- stop it -- when you put the oven on. >> curtis. >> put it in the oven when you put the oven on because it is going to get hot with it. the key to a good pizza is a really hot stone. >> curtis, how were your nuptials? he is a married man. and it's about time. >> get a close-up of that big diamond ring shees she's wearing. >> how beautiful! >> mozzarella, tomatoes, come over here, put it in the oven. >> now our judge, sara hains, is going to try both pizzas. >> a little sprig of oregano on top. >> oh. >> is that hot? >> curtis, this is delicious. >> now try their lame one. then let me know -- >> try the salad pizza. >> this is green, fresh, summery goodness. >> ready? is it "a" or "b"? >> this is so hard because that's very unique but i'm a bit of a pizza purist. >> elvis. >> and that pizza was really cute. we're going to curtis. >> see top chef masters wednesday july 24th at 10:00 p.m. on bravo. >> this sucks. >>> it is the b