action, spike lee.narrator) made with a final budget of approximately $175,000, "she's gotta have it," spike lee's first feature film, received national attention. the breadth and scope of it seemed like a whole new voice, black, white or any color. and in the world of black film there hadn't been anything except for michael schultz working from the exploitation, "blaxploitation days" up to "krush groove," just around the time "she's gotta have it" screened. there was nobody else in black filmmaking community, in hollywood or elsewhere doing anything. so he basically had the field entirely to himself. he invented a field that had, like, disappeared. he reinvented it. black america's been waiting for this film a long time. they never saw black people kissing or making love. even the big black stars, eddie murphy, richard pryor, they don't have none of that stuff in their films. it seems that men aren't taught to be in touch with themselves, with their true feelings, but the things they say, weak. you so

how did you get spike lee involved in the movie? . >> he called me on the phone one day. i was driving down the street minding my own business i picked up the phone it was spike lee he said james this is spike lee i love that book i thought he was talking about the color of water because i had many offers to do that i said which book i was like oh wow. he said let's meet about it so we met he wanted to do a handshake agreement but we really didn't come to an agreement for a year because he wanted to do a handshake agreement. >> and never heard of that and hollywood. >> but that worked out great. >> if you say i do it he says i raise the money write the script all raise the money we pay it and that's how it works. >> i would never work with me. [laughter] . >> i've been sued five times. [laughter] it was just one of those things that takes the lawyers a year. but your books as soon as your name is attached and has a great monetary value especially with the lawyers especially at that level of success and name recognition. >> yes. he did a great job. they came out 25 years a

he uhe said jas mcbride this is spike lee i love that book i thought he was talking about the colorf many because i got offers to do that but i declined a sandwich but? he said the miracle at santa ana and i said wow. he said let's meet. so we met and he wanted to do a handshake agreement do you want to write the script i said i'll take a whack at itnd but we didn't come to an agreement because he wanted a handshake agreement. >> i never heard of that in hollywood. >> i had and i did it was bike the end it worked out great. >> you say i will do what he says i raise the money write the script i raise the money and we pay at the end and that's how it works. >> that would never work with me. [laughter]>> . >> i was sued five times.an [laughter]l . >> it was just one ofr] those things. >> with my contract it takes the lawyers one year. >> your books are so imminently film a little as soon as your name is attached and has great monetary value that is a different level of success and name recognition. >> i thought he did a great job. >> when the firm came out 25 years ago, the movie i had

the other weekend, i was watching spike lee's film blackkklansman.film ends with my footage in cha rlottesville. and looking at that span of racial history in the united states from the civil rights movement to last year. and watching my footage at the end of that film, i felt like somebody had thrown a spear right into my chest. i felt despondent by this problem here in the united states which i don't think we will really be able to get rid of. javier manzano‘s film captured the last days of the fight against islamic state in iraq. they were abetted with several units of the iraqi military in their efforts to root out is from the northern city of mosul. so this is as far forward as they have been so far. thousands of civilians were still trapped in the city under siege. traumatised by their ordeal, they ran towards the government positions scattered around the city. women and children screaming and begging for a way out of a desperate situation. despite the huge risks, they captured at all. the chaos as the civilians fled their homes, and the confus

started in the 1800s in american theater and eventually moved to film.the history was detailed in the spike leeamboozled." "that was no lady, that's my wife"matthew osborn teaches students at u-m-k-c about the history of minstrel shows that used black face.matthew osborn/associate professor of early american history, umkc: "it involved white men donning black face and performing exaggerated caricatures of african american characters. it was meant to denigrate and lampoon african american people, often in settings that were meant to show black people in a position of servitude."chiluba musonda/executive director, bruce r. watkins cultural heritage center:"unfortunately a lot of people believed that stereotype, and those thoughts still carry on in today's world."monday, someone told saint luke's health system about a photo of one of its nurses at the east location in lee's summit, dressed in black face.she's supposed to be beyonce and the man next to her is supposed to be jay-z.a picture of the same woman from 2009 showed her dressed up as a member of destiny's child. matthew osborn/associate pro

. >> my wife and i are fans of spike lee's movies.e the right thing" was playing at the theater. we went and to our surprise we were getting some popcorn we spotted michelle and barack. together. and we didn't know this at the time. it was their first date. >> he was charming and funny. and engaging and down to earth. he was really a surprise. >> i think that they made a really great couple. and michelle grounded him in a way. that i hadn't seen before. >> after that summer, barack returned to harvard to finish law school. while michelle continued at the firm. they maintained a long distance relationship. and until a family tragedy brought them together. in 1991, her dad passed away. due to complications from ms. >> barack went back to support her. to be at the funeral. and he said that as he was being buried he realized michelle was essential to his life and he would look after her. >> barack graduated and returned to chicago. to be with michelle. and as their relationship deepened, both of the harvard law grads decided to make caree

. >> my wife and i are fans of spike lees movies.the the right thing was playing at the theater. we went and to our surprise we were getting some popcorn we spotted michelle and barack. together. and we didn't know this at the time. it was their first date. >> he was charming and funny. and engaging and down to earth. he was really a surprise. >> i think that they made a really great couple. and michelle grounded him in a way. that i hadn't seen before. >> after that summer, barack returned to harvard to finish law school. while michelle continued at the firm. they maintained a long distance relationship. and until a family tragedy brought them together. in 1991, her dad passed away. due to complications from ms. >> barack went back to support her. to be at the funeral. and he said that as he was being buried he realized michelle was essential to his life and he would look after her. >> barack graduated and returned to chicago. to be with michelle. and as their relationship deepened, both of the harvard law grads decided to make care

it was like spike lee and zach braff and george stephanopoulos. >> jimmy: those three hang out. >> theyt play here, like, i'll just -- i'll start something else. >> jimmy: wow, gosh, good thing it played. >> it played well, yeah. >> jimmy: good thing it wasn't a bad day or the president was thinking about, like, bombing osama bin laden at that time. >> he was very good at compartmentalizing it. he did that correspondents dinner while he was doing that. >> jimmy: you're right. well, it worked out quite well, i guess. yes. >> i think so. >> jimmy: are you working on another musical? >> not another historical musical, no. >> jimmy: but another musical. >> i always have ideas and it's sort of -- you kind of wait for the right one to raise its hand and say, oh, me. >> jimmy: i think you have an idea that you might not even realize you have. >> tell me more. >> jimmy: well, you posted something online. i think it was on twitter. you posted some letters. >> oh my god. >> jimmy: that you wrote to your parent when you were a kid. >> yes. so i was home sick. i had -- i was sick and i didn't want

it is so fascinating way she chooses to see like the spike lee film in mamma mia, although i don't think she quite understood mamma mia. [inaudible] explaining why was so fabulous. she loved it. and the price of the ticket if you get to see that. i am so pleased to be in conversation. susan faludi has marked our lives since the 91 when she wrote backlash and stipulated our society was against dust. there is some people then who didn't believe you. >> well, they've come around. >> this morning i was on twitter, hoping to find susan faludi's posting mayor. she follows your people. she is not fair, but she's still friending because everyone was saying if you haven't read it, get it, read it. you are once again in the conversation about women and the way we're being treated. much of that has to do with what's going on in the supreme court, they asked for to add a new justice. and i know we are going to talk about that and i know you have questions about that. i want to start with another fantastic story you tell about your father and transitioning, don't forget even if i am a woman, i am you

charles: that was a president spike lee implored over and over again to go off some time. to your point, maybe you can be too calm. maybe no drama obama was a little bit too much. what about things that happened more recently, for instance? some on the right are saying if they lose this thing and it's close, that maybe the birthright citizenship issue was an unforced error. is it too early to make those assumptions? >> it's too early to say. right now, it's basically a tie game in the bottom of the ninth. no one has any idea what's happening. people turn to nate silver for his wisdom. i call it the nate silver uncertainty principle. he says the democrats could pick up between 15 and 50 house seats. that's a really wide, wide berth, i would say. i don't think anything is clear. if it doesn't turn out the way we want, i said all along we really should focus on the question are you better off than you were two years ago. if i were republican running for office right now, i would ask that question over and over and over nonstop. charles: also make sure you answer it just in ca

it's so fascinating or she chooses to see what the spike lee film and mamma mia, although i don't think she quite understood mammama mia. [laughter] the other member of our movie club spent an hour afterwards explained why it was so fabulous. shepl loved it and the price of the ticket if you get to see that. i'm so pleased to be in conversation with you. susan fauldi has marked our lives since 1991 when she wrote that clash and stipulated how our society was against us. and there were some people who didn't believen you. wow -- [laughter] they've come around. >> they definitely come around because this morning i was on twitter hoping to find susan fauldi is posting there. she followed zero people. she's i not there, but she still friending because everyone was saying if you haven't read backlash, get it, read it. you are once again in the thick of the conversation about women and the way we are being treated. so much of that has to do with what is going on in the supreme court, the effort to add a new justice. and i know that we are going to talk about that and i know you have questions

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lee along with contessa brewer. president trump talked about wanting a trade deal with china and that more tariffs may not be needed >> stocks are spikingollowing those comments dow up 174 points and s&p 500 positive by nine and the nasdaq unable to burst into the green it remains lower by about ten points >> so for more on those market-moving headlines from the president, let's get right to eamon

lee along with contessa brewer. president trump talked about wanting a trade deal with china and that more tariffs may not be needed >> stocks are spiking following those comments dow up 174 points and s&p 500 positive by nine and the nasdaq unable to burst into the green it remains lower by about ten points >> so for more on those market-moving headlines from the president, let's get right to eamon javers. >> i just ducked into the west wing while the comments were playing out and talk eed to a couple senior administration officials about what the president was trying to say there. new tariffs on china may not be necessary. but the officials caution that we shouldn't read into those comments that anything major is imminent or there is a deal coming down the pike any time soon they say that the president was simply being his normal, optimistic selself-he thinks the is the possibility of the deal and he wants to keep that alive. officials here also told us that letter from the chinese was not seen as a major break through here at the white house because it didn't contain any major concessions. you heard the president say something simila