you know everybody just lived in that world that ridley created.h a visual artist that every space that you walked into, even if it was only a partial space that would be filled in with cgi, you know, that space was so amazing. you know, and everything felt like on a scale, you know? so, i mean, it was an extremely difficult job. and, you know, kind of terrifying in a lot of ways but -- >> jimmy: it stands the test of time it's fantastic >> it's unbelievable 20 years later, people are still talking about it you know, it doesn't happen with every movie, man. >> jimmy: yeah >> it doesn't happen with every film you know, when ridley and i sit together and talk about it, the main thing we do is just laugh about what we got away with. you know ridley's attitude is like, "how many bullets did we dodge in one movie? and it came out, and it came out, and it was successful, not only was it successful, it was the best film. it won the oscar, you know >> jimmy: and there's paintings of you forever i mean, there's people dressing like you for halloween there's

. >> reporter: i spoke with ridley about his film in 2017. on the 25th anniversary of the riots. it fall," and they'll see ferguson, baltimore. >> they may see cincinnati, other places where there have been uprisings and riots. we very intentionally did not try to add a coda that drew a line to other situations. l.a. is not baltimore and cincinnati. in all these encounters, they deserve their own singular examination. >> reporter: these days, many of us are focused on that sort of re-examination of the past. 28 years ago, i was a young reporter sent to cover the l.a. riots. can this part of l.a. be restored, race relations improved? over the years, i find myself in places like ferguson. like my hometown of baltimore. how is the family holding up? just last week in houston, asking the same questions. we're all brothers here. and we've all seen videotape of brothers dying in the hands of police. but now, as the country enters a third week of protests, there seems to be cautious optimism that the country is moving forward in a positive direction. >> we're finally getting our voices

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just one in a 1000 all of ridley total baby survive many perish in fisherman's nets and climate change poses an additional threat. to the sea turtles are affected by climate change in many ways then everything would generally used to happen in the month of february has now shifted to march. we were hit by cycling phony last year the excessive rains and high temperatures also affecting the nesting. the warmer temperatures lead to a higher number of females and increased nest failures. protecting the eggs becomes all the more important. the villages actually used to each them but once it became clear how important overall the totals play in the marine environment they stopped . people totals are also known as a fisherman's friend as they act like scavengers and eat carcasses know what they're feeling jellyfish a natural predator of small fish. if the number of totals decline there would be less fish to catch as the jellyfish would consume the other fish affecting the livelihood of the fisherman. going to some border duty. many local women are now contributing to environmental protection

city manager dave williams ridley, he addressed the need to fund homelessness and mental health programshoughtful and careful approach to making cuts. >> we have a conversation that starts clearly with urgency, but certainly with thought. >> reporter: the city manager police chief agreed they would like to work together to get the greater issue to erase systemic racism and community. >> have courage to take action, that makes sure that this changes . as a black woman, i am frustrated. i am discouraged. and i am tired. >> reporter: in berkeley, andrea nakano, kpix 5. >>> nearly 30,000 volunteers are set to take part in a controversial coronavirus vaccine test. it's known as the human challenge trial. the biotech company that is bleeding it says deliberately infecting volunteers with the virus, since faster results. the is an ethical concern though since there's not get a cure. one volunteer says the economic fallout from the pandemic is a bigger risk to his family. >> that, to my mind, is a bigger risk than what i think is a relatively small risk of losingn trial next month, and we could

the world many people think that this is just an appropriate to actually keep this movie so john ridley screenwriter who wrote the famous oscar winning movie 12 years a slave wrote an op in los angeles times and there he wrote gone with the wind is a film that glorifies to enter by themselves it is a film that when it is not ignoring the horror of slavery pauses only to perpetuate some of the most painful stereotypes of people of color ok but action. the actress and i have a name get ahead she met daniels she became the 1st african-american woman right to win an oscar and it was for a role she played in this film yes that's the irony and because of that some people are saying that if you take off the. movie of the library it's also you're raising her achievement but we also have to keep in mind that she wasn't even allowed to take the award on stage when back then well so that's the irony there ok interesting i didn't know that ok. this film is means unique in the way that it's portraying the to say gone with the wind is not the only film that stubbornness no it was not unique at all ho

supervisor ridley thomas, thank you for joining us. in los angeles county, including the curfew, have they been effective? >> i believe it has been effective. i think it has been necessary. the level of outbreaks in the city of los angeles and the surrounding cities threaten the well-being of other citizens and businesses. and it became necessary to have reinforcement, not the least of which is a curfew. >> there's been criticism of how the lapd has been handling these protests and looting. as you know, l.a. has a long history when it comes to violent demonstrations. your thoughts on how this compares to others? >> the violence in this instance is a lot less than it has been. in at least two instances which we can cite, 1992 and 1965. there's hardly any comparison. and the difference between now and then is this is much broader. the focal point was not los angeles, it was another state, as we all know. >> you're a county supervisor, but you are a former state senator. should the states in this country be looking at more legislation at

civil war end i believe has been criticized for its depiction of black people, screenwriter john ridleyd on hbo to remove the film saying it ignores the hore remembers of slavery. >>> we turn to the second arrest in the case of two missing children from idaho. their stepfather is now behind bars after investigators say they found human remains on his property. the discoveries only adding to the confusion surrounding the case. abc's megan tevrizian has more. >> reporter: this morning, a grim discovery in the search for two missing siblings last seen more than nine months ago. >> detectives and investigators have recovered what is believed to be human remains and have not been identified at this time. >> reporter: 17-year-old tylee and now 8-year-old j.j. have not been seen since september. their mother, lori vallow, is behind bars after authorities say she claimed j.j. was with a friend out of state and claimed tylee had died last year even though her husband, chad daybell, said in february that the children were safe. >> chad, lori, can you tell me where your kids are? where is j.j.? >>

ridley scott the filmmaker he have read the mccarthy novel the row it was about a father and a son wandering through the ruins of civilization. and he does have the question what happened. what caused civilization to crumble. i was interested in that idea and i thought may be a nuclear war. i have done some stories about diseases when i was a young reporter. in the center for center for disease control was there. i get very got very intrigued by public health. i remember being so entranced by the ingenuity and courage that i met there was so many interesting people it occurred to me that was an opportunity to visit that world as a novelist and screenwriter. it's hard to find heroes today. we are not living in a particularly heroic era. and you could've addressed this issue. nonfiction. why did you decide to make this a novel. as a reporter normally what we do as we go out and ask what happened. in this case what could happen. using the same techniques and going out and talking to experts. it is the same process it allowed me to imagine a world one very similar to the one that we are in. i di

so joining me now is john ridley, oscar-winning screenwriter of "12 years a slave."s so good to see you again. >> how are you doing, don? >> thanks for coming back on. >> my pleasure. hope you're holding up. >> let me read a clip -- this is a clip from an op-ed you wrote in "the l.a. times" on monday calling on hbo max to remove "gone with the wind." you write, "it is a film that glorified the -- pauses only to perpetuate some of the most painful stereotypes of people of color. it does whitewash slavery and it glorifies white culture but some argue it should be seen for exactly what it is, a window into america's racist past. swhie that wrong? >> it's not wrong and in the piece i say i do not want the film buried in a vault in burbank which is where the warner studios are. if you're going to really do a deep dive in history, don, first i know you know, it is not historic, it is not a documentary, it is not built on actual narratives. this is a story written 70 years after the civil war and released in 1939, part of a greater narrative of lost cause. so i agree with e

what do you think about something john ridley, academy screenwriter "12 year as slave" said, wrote and, a film glorifying antebellum south, a film not ignoring horrors of slavery pauses to perpetuate the most stereotypes of pain in people of color. what do you say and what's the precedent for other movies or books or music? >> nichelle, you go first. >> answer that and keep it short. he's right. >> segun? >> yeah. i mean, he's 100% correct. again, let's tell the truth. like, don't glorify a past that is steepedblood and pain and degradation. like, if you want to tell the story, we're asking for equality. okay? equality and fairness. tell the whole truth. show what the civil wartruth. show what show the truth. don't show people saying frankly my dear i don't give damn. yeah i do give a damn. at any point truth. let's show it. >> thank you both so much for this conversation. >> can we say before we go, hatty mcdaniels will always be intact. it's her birthday today and this feigned outrage i heard from conservative voices that hbo is erasing hatty mcdaniel. that will never happen. her le

the second amendment, right to life, ridley just liberty,.remlins have been worked out of amy system over there, since you are the lawyer on the panel, what is your response to this? >> i think it is always important for citizens to have the benefit of a judge whist being published by incoming potential candidates. i'm not a fan of that knee-jerk response to this decision in that forum, but i do have to point out that what therscore a illustrate the important of the ministry to procedures act. this was about the justices saying the administration has failed to articulate acceptable policy and reason why we should make changes to this, and i think we should all be concerne with the fact that four bills were ignored so there wasn't a permanent legislative reason or emperors permanent recourse for these daca recipients to have. that being said there's a trend with this administration and that they have a higher percentage of losses in court based on the administrative procedures act. in layman's terms, their failin to articulate and acceptable r

the move comes after john ridley, the screenplay writer wrote and operated saying that it portrayed painfuled the horrors of slavery. hbo max said the movie will return with disclaimers and context. as a result of the removal, "gone with the wind" is now the number one selling dvd on amazon. in the meantime, longtime tv classic "cops" getting canceled due to tension, about to start a 33rd season on the paramount network, but the network has decided to pull the program from the lineup. it just a week after we learned that affiliating market -- without advertising any lego sets depicting law enforcement officers put hollywood is not the only entity dealing with this cancel culture. last weekend "the new york times" and the "philadelphia inquirer" editorial heads resigned over op-eds that upset newsroom staff. martha. >> martha: wow. a lot of stuff going on. joining me now, guy benson, host of the guy benson show, and townhall.com, marie harf, former state department post person. both are fox news contributor's. good to have you here. i want to come across something that i saw today when i was

the move comes after john ridley the oscar-winning screenplay writer says that the firm perpetuated painfulotypes an ignored the horrors of slavery. hb o max will return with disclaimers and more context and so people can better understand it. long time tv classic "cops," get canceled due to recent tensions. the show was set to started the 33rd season on paramount network on monday. the network decided to pull the program from the lineup. a week after it was learned that lego fill eighting marketing partners suspend advertising from lego sets depicting law enforcement officers. last weekend "the new york times," "philadelphia inquirer," they saw editorial heads resign over headlines that made the staff upset in the newsroom. guys. melissa: interesting times, jackie. thank you. connell? connell: we have a virus-related sales slump. starbucks taking a massive revenue hit, potentially exceeding $3 billion in its third quarter. this of course because of the pandemic as the company says the outbreak will also slash its operating income. starbucks is hopeful that the disruption to business should

joining me is john ridley.ar winning screen writer, "12 years a slave." >> how you doing, don. >> my pleasure. hope you're holding up. >> it is a film that glorifies the south. it is a film that when it is not ignoring the horrors of slavery, causes to perpetuate some of the most painful stereotypes of people of color. it whitewashes slavery and glorifies white culture. some people argue what it should be, seen as a window in a racist past. why is that wrong? >> it's not wrong. in the piece i say i do not want the film buried in a vault in burbank which is where the studios are. if you are going to do a deep dive in history, it is not historic. it is not a documentary. it is not built on actual narratives. this was a story that was written 70 years after the civil war and released in 1939, part of a greater narrative of lost cause. so i agree with everything you're saying. that's what's in the piece, it's just put it in context. by the way, warner media already does that on, for example, turner classic movies w

>>the removal also comes after john ridley the academy award-winning screenwriter of 12 years, a slave wrote an op ed in the la times this week asking hbo max to take that fell out of its rotation. >>texas southern university is offering a full scholarship to george floyd 6 year-old daughter gianna the board said that the scholarship was a way for them to honor the memory of george floyd in the day that he's laid to eternal rest and ensure that yana has a secure future. officials released a statement saying in part that this board is committed to education and understands that a college degree is one of many powerful steps toward a productive and successful life. we know that this gesture cannot take the place of her dad's loving president. but we hope that it will contribute to easing her journey through life. still ahead tonight. beachgoers returned to the sun surf and sand in miami today who thanks for sharing your diy haircuts. thanks for sharing your savage moves, and especially your awkward ones. thanks for sharing your cute kids. and your adorable pets. now it's our turn to shar

anthony, this all started with an op-ed in the "los angeles times" by "12 years a slave" writer john ridleyfor the film to be censored but he made suggestions. >> yeah. this is -- this is really kind of hollywood's first major blockbuster. it won eight oscars. i think adjusted for inflation, it's still the highest grossing film of all time. hadi mcdonnell, who you saw there, won an oscar for playing the house slave. and what the criticism has long been, that it glorifies the antebellum south which it does. but i think -- i totally agree. i think it should be put in some real context here after all this time. you got another story we can learn from, what is it? >> indeed. i'll point out, fun fact, it is hadd i mcdaniels' birthday toda. a simple conversation about race in myrtle beach, south carolina, is gaining global attention. it started with caroline brock's facebook post reading, "i'm a 45-year-old white woman living in the south, and today for the first time i spoke frankly about racism with a black man." he asked ernest skelton who's been fixing her appliances how he is faring in the c

. >> do not miss the john ridley documentary "let it fall" that airs at 8:00 p.m.a wonderful woman from california as we continue our helping heroes series. and from "taste the nation," padma lakshmi. and, don't forget dad. we've got do-it-yourself father's day gifts. all next on "live!" and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! ♪ >> kelly: good morning, everybody. it is tuesday, june 16, 2020.oo do you know what today is, ryan seacrest? >> ryan: well, you just told me, but it has another meaning as well. it is a significant date of birth, isn't it? >> kelly: it is my daughter's 19th birthday.

the move comes after john ridley, an oscar-winning screenplay writer, said the film perpetuated painfulnd ignored the horrors of slavery. hbo max added the movie will eventually return but with disclaimers and some context so people can understand the full picture. then long time tv classic "cops" also getting canceled due to recent tensions. the show is actually set to start its 33rd season on paramount network on monday but the network has decided to pull the program from its lineup. this is coming just a week after we learned that affiliated marketing partners were asked to suspend advertising of lego sets and hollywood isn't the only entity dealing with this right now but also last weekend, "new york times" and "philadelphia inquirer" saw editorial headlines that were insensitive to some of the employees and those editors resigned. companies are saying we hear you and we are listening. neil: all right. jackie, thank you very much. jackie deangelis. >>> meantime, we have been telling you so much about technology stocks and what's been happening with the nasdaq that we didn't want you

on tuesday oscar winner john ridley, the screen writer of "12 years a slave" published an op-ed in thet ignoring the horrors of slavery pauses only to perpetuate some of the most painful stereotypes of people of color. >> one female in custody. >> reporter: it comes as other networks are pulling content amid the protests. "cops" has been permanently dropped after 30 years on the air. while "live pd" is removed for now. saying it's out of respect for families of george floyd and others who lost their lives. and in the fitness industry, a shocking resignation. crossfit ceo greg glassman stepping down after tweets about floyd sparked backlash. in one tweet he said floyd-19. in a statement, glassman saying he made a mistake writing in part, i created a rift in the crossfit community and unintentionally hurt many of its members. glassman also saying that he made a mistake in the words he chose adding he is not racist. meantime in the world of sports, bubba wallace, nascar's only full-time driver is pushing for confederate flags to be removed from all nascar tracks saying there's going to be

library, saying that under criticism of the movie and the way it depicts black people, in fact, john ridley, the screenwriter of "12 years a slave" said this film glorifies the antebellum south. hbo says it will pull it for now. that's led to backlash on the other side. the "hollywood reporter" saying this is idiotic, we should learn from the past, not pretend it never existed. "gone with the wind" won eight oscars, including best picture. hattie mcdaniel became the first black american to win an oscar for her performance but apparently in this culture, hbo max says it will eventually bring it back but it says with a discussion of its historical context. it's gone for now. stuart: what about that show "cops" that deals with police officers on duty? what about that one? ashley: the paramount network was carrying that. that, too, has had the plug pulled on it. it was originally put on hold but now it looks like it won't come back at all. the 33rd season of this show, it was on fox for 25 seasons, the 33rd season was set to premiere on monday. a & e has also pulled episodes of "live p.d." whic