ralph fiennes is going to be here tonight, ralph fiennes. [cheering and applause] we're going to talk craft, acting craft, he and i. well, he is. i'm just going to remind him i was in "half-baked." all right. let's start in washington where last week the senate passed the 2011 defense appropriations bill, which authorized all the money for our armed forces by a whopping 93-7. of course, the defense probations bill is one of those must-pass pieces of legislation. every year you always see some crazy provision someone sneaks in there, like in 2007 it was intelligent clothing. we were going to pay to develop clothing that detects chemical attacks. in 2009 it was hawaiian health care network, and, of course, last year the flying bulldozer. it's unnecessary. [laughter] see what wacky provisions got folded into this year's bill. >> the provisions authorize the indefinite military detention of american citizens who are suspected of involvement in terrorism, even those captured here in our own country, in the united states, which i think should conc

let's bring him out, ralph fiennes, everybody. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> i'm not. " here's ralph fiennes, everybody. >> for the mutable, rank scented many, let them regard me as i do not flatter, and therein behold themselves. i say again, in soothing them, we nourish against our senate the cockle of rebellion, insolence, sedition, which we ourselves have ploughed for, sowed and scattered by mingling them with us. the honored number who have not virtue. no, more power but that which we have given to beggars. >> well, no more. >> no more words we beseech you! >> you speak of the people as if you were a god to punish. not a man of their infirmity. >> it were well we let the people know it. >> were i as patient as the midnight sleep. by jove, it would be my mind. >> it is a mind that shall remain a poison where it is, not poison any further. >> shall remain! hear you, this triton of the minnows, mark you his absolute shall. >> why should the people give one that speaks not their voice? >> i'll give my reasons more worthier than their voices! [ cheers and applause ] >>

ralph fiennes is here. classically trained stage actor and began his career at the royal shakespeare company. here's a look at some of his work. >> they cast a spell on you, you know, the jews. when you work closely with them like i do you see this. they he this power, it'slike a virus. some are infected by this virus. they should be pitied not punished. they should receive treatment because it's as real as typhus, i feel it all the time. it's a matter of money? hmm? >> you're offering me a bribe? >> a bribe, no. no, please. a gratuity. there a whirlwind from morocco against which they defend themselves with knives. and then there's the gibbly from tunis. >> the gibbly? >> the gibbly. which rolls and produces a lot of strange and nervous conditions. >> the dice... the dice that you played on the train, was it dutch hazards? >> yes. it was. we also played another game. >> old british, perhaps? >> in new south wales it's known as seventh man? >> and who provided the peter? >> the peter? >> was it unknown to y