his own vaccine safety efforts and was joined by other advocates including academy award winner robert deniro. environmental lawyer robert f. kennedy jr. briefed members of congress on capitol hill, pushing them to investigate an untouchable subject -- the safety of vaccines. kennedy is going against the grain of the government and medical establishment, which have long insisted there's no scientific reason to be concerned about vaccine side effects. earlier, he held a news conference alongside a diverse group of vaccine safety advocates. he says the trump transition team contacted him with the idea of forming an independent scientific commission on vaccine safety. kennedy personally met with trump last month. but after kennedy talked to the press about it, he says the trump administration "walked back" the plan. kennedy: i've been contacted three times by the administration since then. and they tell me that they're still going forward with a commission. but all i can say is to tell you what the president told me. he specifically told me that he knew that the pharmaceutical industry was going

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mcdonald calling the "comedian" it sputters along with little spark and jesse has singer writes robert deniro dirty grandpa than a king of comedy. >> oh, really? from the little tease we saw there, it looked good. >> apparently those were the only comedic parts of that entire flick. >> that is the news for this half hour. >> remember to follow us on facebook at wnnfans.com. it's friday. friyea. >>> this morning on "world news now," the president's tough message to iran. >> abc news has learned that the trump administration intends to place new sanctions on iran as the president says nothing is off the table, including military action. meanwhile, the white house is changing its stance on another key issue in the middle east. >> and over on capitol hill, a rare early morning vote is set over the controversial education secretary nominee, the polarizing figure barometering a flood of phone calls urging congress to deny her that position. this as the house votes to overturn a law barring some mentally ill from buying guns. details ahead. >>> foul call? a junior high school student hoping to play

can see over the area on channel 3.2 and these exaibl providers >>> in these therts weekends, robert deniroce -- plaza citcom star in the new film the comedian. suzanne marquez has a look at the film and also the many stars though -- who showed up for the laughs. >> robert deniro plays jacky, an aging funny man whose career takes a hit after run in with a heckler. >> his charm onto younger fell on played by leslie man. >> once you can make a woman laugh, then you can make her do anything, i don't know if that's true. >> is that what they say? >> that's what they say. >> like a very, very old saying? >> the two become friends, and may be more, in a film deniro has been want to go do for awhile. >> seen a movie like this done other than the entertainer with laurence olivia. >> man said their checker ers have chemistry. >> i think they come together, and they have something to learn from the other one, and they do. >> director taylor called it a genuine reaction. >> she developed true, you feel that in their relationship. it is weird, strange as it is, they connected. and that's unusual. >> ma

tonight, stephen welcomes robert deniro. jake tapper. and ezra edleman.eaturing jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert!

tonight, stephen welcomes robert deniro.> jake tapper. and ezra edleman. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert!