hurt has never been punched in the face, and joining me now is legendary director and activist rob reiner he's taking it in stride. you know, rob, you've been in hollywood a long time. we've talked about this subject before. i've got a lot of other subjects to talk about. let's get this one out of the way first. you've seen a lot of actors fall from grace. what did you think of will smith making this video four months after the oscars? >> well, it seems clear to me that he's being, you know, just, you know incredibly haunted by this and probably can't get out from under, and you know, four months later he's still trying to get back in the good graces of the community. i think that's what this is all about. you know, why would you make an apology four months after you've done something horrible unless it's still, you know, plaguing you, and you're trying to get out from under. >> right, obviously, i mean, this is having some very big career implications for them, and you wonder why you didn't do this sooner. rob, i want to talk about california politics a little bit because it's something

rob reiner gets his cardio from hyperventilating on twitter. he called july for the strange thing to be celebrating although not as strange as him celebrating a successful movie. something he hasn't done in decades. meanwhile the dying ember of waukomis espn featured an article called baseball, barbecue and losing freedom this fourth of july. that will ring a bell with joe spix back at home watching the game. espn is like watching msnbc with a few baseball scores thrown in. it's the only network that expects you to neil for the anthem before every game. then there is npr which skipped the declaration of independence of criticizing it. the npr abandoning the reading of the declaration is like caitlyn jenner abandoning men's suits. of course they did. finally are inspirational president weighed in. i wonder if liberty is under assault both here and abroad. >> liberty is under assault, both here and abroad. the recent days there's been reason to think this country is moving backwards. freedom is being reduced. that writes we assumed were protected

night shoot and we were doing something with james brown and the next day i had an interview with rob reiner. spinal tap was his first film that he had directed. i sat there and was exhausted that i did not want to miss the addition because many people do not realize, but it was an improvised movie with a 27 page outline. you had a description of the theme but you had to be really good at improv. a lot of people were really great and i thought i was good, so i wanted a chance at getting in the movie. i guess i was kind of tired and talking slow and rob said, you are not exactly what you are imagining, but i like what you are doing here, so i got the part of bobby. it was an unbelievable experience. that was a low-budget film. i provided my own wardrobe and we made up the lines as we got -- as we went along and that is a historic film now. the other movie kind of went into cable heaven. [laughter] you never know which movie is going to turn out to be great. people still love spinal tap so much. >> it will always be a favorite of mine and you did a wonderful job. we are out of time so before w

. >> some of what i was doing was inspired by what truffaut did with "the 400 blows," what rob reiner> we got a call for a burglary here? >> yeah, that was about an hour ago. >> whoa, we didn't ask you that. >> i decided to have a black cop be more of them than the white partner in the scenes where he's encountering the black residents. >> something wrong? >> something wrong? yeah. it's just too bad you don't know what it is. >> the same black cop encounters trey years later when he's a teenager and profiles him. >> i didn't do nothing. >> you think you're tough. you think you're tough, huh? oh, you're scared now, huh? i like that. >> singleton was nominated for two academy awards, best original screenplay and the youngest person nominated for best director. >> it was an era when a lot of people were playing attention to black film. there's this famous moment when "the new york times magazine" does this cover story. you really had for the first time a large collection of black filmmakers documenting what was going on in the culture. >> you got to be ready to go down, stand up, and die

something with james brown, and we shot the whole night and the next day, i had him interview with rob reiner that was his first film spinal tap, first directorial debut. although i think he may have directed a couple episodes on family. but this is his first movie. and i sat there and i was absolutely exhausted, i didn't want to mess the audition, because many people don't realize that it wasn't improv movie with a 27-page outline. so you had a description of what the scene was, and then you have to be very good improv -ing, they were a lot of people who are really great and i thought i was good. so i wanted a chance at getting in the movie. i guess i was kind of tired, talking slow and rob said, you know you're not exactly what i was imagining, but i like what you're doing here. and i got the part. of bobby flagman, it was an unbelievable, that was the low budget film i provided my own wardrobe, we made up all the lines as we went along. and that was the enduring thumb that to this day is still on everybody's road toward bands, and the other movie you know kind of went into cable haven't. [

and we shut the whole night and the next day, i had an interview with rob reiner. that was his first film, spinal tap, first directorial debut although i think that he might directed a couple of episodes on a family. this was his first movie. and i sat there and i was absolutely exhausted but i didn't want to miss the audition because many people don't realize that it was an improv movie with a 27-page outline. so you've got a description of with the scene was and then you had to be very good at improv. there were a lot of people who were really great. i thought i was good so i wanted a chance at getting in the movie. i was i guess i was kind of tired and talking slow and rob said, you know, you're not exactly when i was imagining. but i like what you're doing here. and i got the part of bobby flagman. it was an unbelievable, that was the low budget film. i provided my own wardrobe. we made up all the lines as we went along. and that was the enduring film that to this day is still on everybody's road tours with their hands. the other movie kind of went into cable h

among those sharing their thoughts upon news of his passing were rob reiner, who directed misery. james gunn, who posted favorite james caan movies led by the godfather, jon lovitz, who noted he was lucky to have worked with him and said he was always a fun guy to be around, and edgar wright, who wrote to a genuine megawatt movie star, khan was married and divorced four times. he has survived by a daughter and four sons in hollywood. ashley verkin, fox news. okay ktvu, fox . two news at five starts now. they were nothing but completely innocent victims here. they should be offered and given every bit of assistance that the city of oakland and opd can give them. now at five in east bay couple facing another obstacle after they happened to be in the wrong place when a police chase turned fatal, one of their loved ones was killed and they landed in the hospital. their suv was towed at the direction of oakland police and they can't afford to get it back. good evening, everyone. i'm alex savage, julie julie haener. that couple says it is unfair for them to be on the hook for towing fee

among those sharing their thoughts upon news of his passing were rob reiner, who directed misery.ames gunn, who posted favorite james caan movies led by the godfather, jon lovitz, who noted he was lucky to have worked with him and said he was always a fun guy to be around, and edgar wright, who wrote to a genuine megawatt movie star, khan was married and divorced four times. he has survived by a daughter and four sons in hollywood. ashley verkin, fox news. wanted to meet with the leaders of the black community to hear what is it that we're missing? a new pain index shows black people in silicon valley are disproportionately homeless and experiencing food insecurity. how one bay area lawmaker wants to change that. also ahead tonight, a major turnaround from senator dianne feinstein what she is now saying about removing the filibuster to codify abortion rights plus the hot job market could be cooling a bit. new economic numbers come out friday. i'm caro big tobacco's cigarette butts filter practically nothing and are made of microplastic fibers that are toxic and cunning. they may s

among those sharing their thoughts upon news of his passing were rob reiner, who directed misery. gunn, who posted favorite james caan movies led by the godfather, jon lovitz, who noted he was lucky to have worked with him and said he was always a fun guy to be around, and edgar wright, who wrote to a genuine megawatt movie star, khan was married and divorced four times. he has survived by a daughter and four sons in hollywood. ashley verkin, fox news. alright. i'm back in a couple of minutes. we're gonna take a look at the forecast. it's not too early to look at the weekend. see you back here with that. go to ktvu is greg lee. now with a look at some of the stories we are working on for the seven o'clock news over in ktvu. plus julie, thank you. we continue to follow the appointment of san francisco's new district attorney will have a live report outlining brooke jenkins promises on public safety. her new role. plus what's the impact of the sunni bologna verdict on the industry? biotech expert joins us after a jury convicted the theranos executive of fraud those stories and more

conversations are being had on -- cavett on johnny carson whenever norman lear or carroll o'connor or even rob reiner or gene stapleton go on those shows in the early years of all in the family. that's the question they want to talk about now. who if we're thinking about the people watching all in the family? is it right for us to go to that new york times debate or is it perhaps integral to also incorporate these other television shows that they are watching that they are getting the connection of seeing carroll o'connor and carroll o'connor plays around as you could see in that clip he plays around with this dual role of being both an actor a very liberal actor and playing this very conservative character and in this ad and he did other ads as well for for john lindsey in 72 for mcgovern in 72. he intentionally plays with this world, right? he's dressed as archie bunker and you can see him talking about herbert hoover now sure there was conversations about jimmy carter being like herbert hoover, but he's also playing on that all in the family opening song where he's talking about how great it was b

. >> from the steven king novel directed by robb reiner, with caan and kathy bates. >> i know rob did it on purpose, i'm going to get the most neurotic guy in hollywood and put him in bed for 15 weeks. >> i love you. >> i love you too. >> honeymoon in vegas is also a fave. >> i raise $8,000. >> tommy, i thought we were playing for fun. >> this is fun. >> and "elf". >> dad! >> oh, how we love "elf". >> you look like you came from the north pole. >> they said we're sending you a script called elf and i said no you're not. and it is now a christmas standard. >> who sent this christmas gram? >> what is a christmas gram? i want one. >> i think we should call security. >> good idea. >> i like to whisper too. >> bringing the talent to a whole new generation of fans who are remembering today the actor and his legendary career. >> i am sending you a script called elf. >> no you're not. i could see it. harry smith for that report. >> and jonathan, extraordinary range obviously from "brian's song", my gosh what a tear-jerker that was to the "godfather", to "misery", to" elf" and just a part of o