to see her in the theater production, you can watch her next month in the new stephen king series, "mrrcedes," on the audience network. i am honored to have -- may i call you mlp? >> sure. >> mlp on this program. i've always wanted to say that, like i'm a friend of yours. mlp. yeah. i would say when you came on set, i haven't seen the play yet. i'm dying to see it. from what i've heard about it from friends who have seen it, they give you and your co-star high marks because it's hard to command, to hold command of an audience when there's just two people. not a whole lot of bells and whistles and -- >> yeah. >> what's that experience like? >> well, i feel like the director of this production deserves so much credit because i think it -- for me it takes a lot of confidence as a director, and it's a really risky move to produce a piece of theater where the direction is almost invisible. you don't see it. there's no storms on stage. there's no set. i'm basically wearing my own clothes -- i am wearing my own clothes. there's no artifice. there's no -- as you said, no bells and whistles, sm

hair i mean it was kind of but they're like great shot i can't ever forget that that's true to stephen king nice to do it he's lovely he was you know and he was so humble and he admitted that he didn't know what he was doing but he was so game. i really enjoyed him where i enjoy you and what a pleasure thank you big thanks to my guests yardley smith be sure to see miles is out now on video on demand and as always you can find me on twitter at kings things see you next on say good bye good bye in fact. what i hope to do something to. put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or somehow want to. have to go right to the press this is what before three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the lawyers in the house which. i should more. i think the average viewer just after watching a couple of segments understands that we're telling stories that are critics can't tell and you know why because their advertisers won't let them. in order to create change you have to be honest you have to tell the truth parties able to do that every

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stephen king said there will be another like him. quinn joins me here in the studio. you come with an unexpected lift to the chinese economy. recent economic data shows that beating expectations for the first half of the year. overall growth is on track to speed up for the first time in six years. it is welcome news for the chinese government looking to deal with massive steep debt and other systemic economic challenges as claire rush reports. growth beatry's expectations, thanks to an uptick in exports and consumption, and a strong property market. high housing prices have prompted property investment which grew in the first half compared with the same period last hyear. retail sales rose 11% in the first half of the year. the positive data puts the chinese economy back on track to reverse six consecutive years of slowing growth. >> the national economy maintained steady momentum in the first half of the year. this laid a solid foundation for achieving annual targets. we must be clear there are still uncertainty and destabilizing factors in the world. >> these struct

she joins us to discuss the play "heisenberg" now in l.a., her career as well as the upcoming stephen king "mr. mercedes." we're glad you've joined us. a conversation with mlp, mary-louise parker, in just a moment. ♪

stephen king, the hsbc economist, said what happens when the money runs out?y low interest rates. but there is no more of that available if there is a big problem in the economy. let's talk about protectionism, we had headlines this week, germany is tightening the rules on takeovers by non—eu companies? it is an interesting debate, is the world becoming more protectionist, should it become more globalised? protectionist, should it become more globalised ? germany protectionist, should it become more globalised? germany made an announcement this week that it will have more control over takeovers, particularly when they describe there is technology at stake in germany could lose intellectual protection over the property it has. with one hand chancellor angela merkel says we need to be free trade, but all economies are national and all governments have to face their national populations, their voters, so with one voice they say we should be more open, but the fa cts o n say we should be more open, but the facts on the ground are often much more protectionist. the

who knew stephen king was so passionate about meal kit delivery. >> i know. >> that is stephen king.e who does. but let's just say, right? >> right. >> what if there were a searchable app. let's say you're on a dating site. you can say, my type is so and so. and they will look like that celebrity. >> that's so smart. >> creepy, yeah. >> creepy? >> could be. >> it exists, people. our prayers have been answered. not ours. we're all married. if kim kardashian is your type, okay you search it and then they will give you, these are actual people on the site who look like kim kardashian they say. they do a facial recognition. barack obama is the number one searched man for the site. >> wow. >> there's some look-alikes there. donald trump is actually tenth on the list. look at that. looks like president trump. >> this is a social networking site that was founded in 2006. but this look-alike thing is new. do we like it? >> i think if someone asked you out based on that i think it would feel a little creepy, don't you? you look just like kim k. so i wanted to go out with you. >> you're as clo

. >>> new at 6:30 arc masked man who looked like something out of stephen king's it, police where noting around when it came to this case. >> breaking now on "action news," a one man is killed when fire engulfed an montgomery county home. >> a teen is killed at one of the country's largest state fair when a thrill ride breaks 'part. >>> breaking overnight, a pop star saying sorry just like his hit song after strike ago photographer with a truck. >>> matt o'donnell is off, jeanette reyes is joining us. >> let's go over to matt pellman in for karen rogers, david how is it feeling out there. >> reporter: it's pretty nice, we have high clouds and sun to the east. the closest rain is by toronto, but we could see a pop-up shower or thunderstorm in the afternoon or evening, basically dry now, though, 68 degrees in philadelphia. humidity on the low side to start out. 68 in allentown and reading, 71 in boston -- wilmington, dewpoit all that bad, 63 is higher in philadelphia than a couple of hours ago. we're seeing the change. as we go into the afternoon it will feel stickier. 68 degrees and fa

we are doing another show called "castle rock," with jj abrams and stephen king.e doing a show called "looming tower." a lot of interesting shows coming. we hope this is not the last. emily: you do not know what makes a good show. you just have to give it a try, but there has to be more to it than that. you guys must be doing some sort of experimentation and research into what works and what people want to watch, right? mike: we certainly do. there is a lot you can learn, but ultimately, it is about story, characters, and world. if the show does not have two of those three or three of those three, it makes it tough to break through. emily: will you ever release a movies in theaters, like netflix and amazon are doing? mike: we have not gone into the original theatrical business. never say never, but that is not part of our strategy today. emily: you rolled out a live tv service curious about early , results. mike: it is going really well. we launched it two months ago. we roll it out to new devices every week. we are updating the service. we have 145 affiliates on

straight out of stephen king's "it."stephanie hamlin/witness "dude's creepy it's kind of scary. not every day, especially in hollis you see a clown with a machete walking down the road."his accessory of choice -- a machete..which state police say the man behind the mask -- corey berry-- duct taped to his amputated arm.stephanie hamlin/witness"and it was just the machete... probably like that much hanging out the bottom of his sleeve."dan lampariello/reporter"the first 911 call came in here near the hollis lil' mart after someone spotted berry walking down the road in his clown mask. then over the next hour, more calls would come in as he made his way down this road into waterboro."corey berry of hollis was later arrested -- charged with criminal threatening.stephanie hamlin/witness"when we saw the police officers coming around that's when it clicked in that this was something that was wrong. it wasn't a joke." lindsey morton/resident"you watch movies like that and you say oh my god, why would someone do that? and then someone comes out in the middle of no where and does that."li

or as stephen king argued, is the president fake and the news real?nts do bite the the press but president trump is the first one who says he doesn't believe in news. he's now tweeted 69 fwims fake news including the failing "new york times" which drew 17 tweets. if you really think an outlet is fake though, say "the new york times" you think is like the "national enquirer," you would ignore them. and terrorism doesn't. he just sat for an hour-long interview with "the new york times" and that's actually his third as president. watch what he does, not what he tweets. my very special guest is jill abramson for the new york times and now a political columnist for the guardian. an honor to have you here, jill. >> i'm thrilled to be here. congrats on your first week, ari. >> thank you. what does it say to you, given the job you've held, that the president continues to do these interviews with "the new york times"? >> what it says to me is he knows that the times is a very important institution in the country. and certainly, one of the leading news organiza

president trump reportedly blocked several users on twitter yesterday, including author stephen king.nd king has already written a book about it. [ laughter and applause ] "all golf and no play." [ light laughter ] a new poll shows governor chris christie has an approval rating of 15%. in fact, he is so unpopular in new jersey, he's fallen behind "that smell." [ laughter and applause ] fox news -- fox news has announced it's dropping it's slogan "fair and balanced" for the same reason united dropped "fly the friendly skies." [ laughter ] according to reports, since president trump won the republican nomination, sales have been to secretive buyers who use corporate entities to avoid revealing their names. but i'm pretty sure we all know who is behind plad vutin, llc. [ laughter and applause ] today was national bath day. but no need to limit yourself to just today, steve. [ audience ohs ] [ laughter and applause ] once a year, whether i need it or not. a connecticut man was arrested today, after going on a naked rampage inside an antique store. i guess there really is a thin line betwe

stephen king also blocked by president trump. >> same thing?o, you know luke bryant. you're besties. >> yes, friend of the show. >> friend of the show. >> and your bff. >> i got to interview. interview him at the cm fest. he has a special airing next week. he even taught me how to do his little dance where he shakes his butt. adorable. we had a great time. >> people are attracted to his rear end. >> he said this experience is special he had with me, teaching me the dance. he's never done that before. >> he's never done that before. >> that's what he said. >> did he allow you to touch him? touch his butt? >> no. of course he doesn't let people go around touching his butt. >> i will one-up you. >> what? >> the country star eased up on that strict restriction. the no-touching rule after meeting 88-year-old francis danoway. >> francis encroaching on my man. they look pretty happy about the situation. look at the look on francis's face right now. >> he showed you the dance moves, he showed francis a little bit more. >> all right, francis, you win. >

. >> yes, stephen king novels for me. 1200 more pages to do. >>> the gop collapse on health care.duled another vote to repeal though leaders know the votes are not there the pass it. president trump taking a last stab today. cecilia vega maz the latest from washington. >> reporter: hey, george, good morning to you. on capitol hill, his signature pledge to repeal and replace obama kair this morning is is all but dead. the president is hoping to make one last-ditch attempt to change minds. he's invited gop senators to the white house today for lunch to make a face-to-face appeal. he's not blaminging republicans. he's calling democrats obstructionists. >> seven years i have been hearing repeal and replace from congress. we finally get a chance, they don't take advantage of it. that's disappointing. >> reporter: this morning, the president is also speaking out about reports of a previously undisclosed meeting with vladimir putin. calling the story sick. it happened during a dinner at the g-20. sources say he chatted with putin who was seatedex president used a russian translator for t

stephen king has a big fan base, especially when it comes to his books that are turned into movies.s to make sure that this came across? >> somewhat. he's got 8 books and they're not the kind you skim, 800 pages. it's a lot of reading. people have loved -- the people that love these books i mean have loved them for decades. so we're going into it, you got the responsibility of the inherent fans of these books, but pretty quickly it got fun. it just got, you know what, this is going to be our incarnation of this. i got to be the author of walter now. idris gets to be the author of gunslinger. stephen was very open of, look, you're going to make the movie. >> you make it your own. >> you make it your own based off of what stephen put on the page first and hopefully we put out something that the fans are going t the books. it's also something that if you've never read a page of the books you're going to take a great ride. >> tell you what, you never disappoint, let you know that right now. other movie i loved, you were here to talk about "gold" which i enjoyed. >> yeah. >> you gained 4

. >> yes, stephen king novels for me. >> i saw that. >> 1200 more pages to go. it's a classic.. the gop collapse on health care. the senate has scheduled another vote to repeal obamacare, even though leaders know the votes are not there the pass it. president trump taking a last stab today. cecilia vega has the latest from washington. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: hey, george, good morning to you. on capitol hill, his signature pledge to repeal and replace obamacare this morning is all but dead. but the president is hoping to make one last-ditch attempt to change some minds here. to the white house, he has invited gop senators today for lunch to make a face-to-face appeal. but, so far, he's not blaming republicans for this failed attempt. he's calling democrats obstructionists. >> seven years i have been hearing repeal and replace from congress. when we finally get a chance to repeal and replace, they don't take advantage of it, so that's disappointing. >> reporter: this morning, the president is also speaking out about reports of a previously undisclosed meeting with vla

(nat)when "the dark tower" opens in early august, it'll kick off a stephen king double feature! action- adventure based on king's legendary eight-book series will be followed into theaters a month later by "it," based on king's novel about an evil clown tormenting a group of friends.(nat-music)40 years after steven spielberg taught us the three types of experiences wtih aliens, "close encounters of the third kind" is returning to theaters. a four-k restoration of spielberg's director's cut opens september first for a one-week theatrical run."all right, open your eyes." (nat) kate winslet and leonardo dicaprio had a date with destiny in "titanic"... and now the classic co-stars are headed on a date with someone else! a private dinner with kate and leo is on the auction block today (wed 7/26) at dicaprio's annual charity gala in st. tropez, france. the winner has to be available when the stars are: sometime in october or november in new york. in hollywood, i'm david daniel. (james) still ahead on the kron four morning news. disturbing details about an oakland man's alleged plan to

the author stephen king has paid tribute to the director on twitter. can get more details on all the stories we are covering, the latest on brexit, of course, the negotiations under way today in brussels. the rise in acid attacks will be discussed in parliament today. the latest figures suggest there were more than 400 assaults involving corrosive substances in england and wales in the six months to april. the debate comes as the government begins a review into the issue which could see sentences for the offence increased. prince george and princess charlotte will travel with their parents to poland today, at the start of a four—day tour of eastern europe. the duke and duchess of cambridge will begin their trip in warsaw, before moving to berlin later this week. the foreign office hope the tour will remind eu countries about the strength of their ties to the uk. here's our royal correspondent, peter hunt. wimbledon one day, warsaw the next. for a duke and duchess, the pleasure of a wimbledon final will be replaced by flying the flag in poland. it's a v

much-needed shot in the arm for sony the summer following spiderman, the dark tower based on the stephen kingng out later this summer. they had $7 million loss, this is critical for them and they are doing a lot better. maria: animation in general, the animation area in terms of moviemaking is getting bigger. >> it used to be a surefire hit, not so much now but it depends on the movie. disney pixar was always a win at the box office, this will do well if sony has been trying to my new material, they brought on angry birds, based on an apps. maria: take a look at my emoji. who doesn't like it? >> looking fabulous. maria: you see my shoes with the toes out, that is my favorite part. the biggest promotional sporting event of the summer hitting -- mcgregor, into the boxing ring to face the undefeated floyd mayweather in the money fight. the tickets are sky high. >> $99.95 -- maria: instead of $100 to watch on pay-per-view fans can pay $40 in advance for watching on the big screen. >> this is where business is going, we were approached during the campaign, amc wanted to host the debates, we wound

on book tv, stephen clifford, former ceo of king broadcasting company talks about his book "the ceo a machine." willie parker dr. talks about his book, "life's work." look -- we push back on the claim that abortion is dangerous. we have not made the case that women have come in people who are making decisions about reproduction, a process that isurs in their body and it their agency as human beings to make that decision. >> for more of this weekend's schedule, go to book tv.org. >> republican senators met with the president at the white house to strategize on their effort to pass a health care law to replace the affordable care act. before their meeting, the president spoke about the problems with the current law. >> thank you. oh, it's not hard. we're close. i think we are a lot closer than people understand and we have to pull it through. it is so important. we are in this room today to deliver on our promise to the american people to repeal obama

. >> saturday at 7:00 on booktv, stephen clifford, former ceo of king broadcasting company talks about his book the ceo pay machine and sunday at one:30 eastern doctor willie parker, abortion provider, talks about life's were, a moral argument for choice. >> the morbidity of abortion, we push back on the claim that is dangerous, we haven't made the case people talking about reproduction, a process in their body that occurs within their agency as human beings to make those decisions. >> for more this weekend at schedule go to booktv.org. >> sunday night at afterwards, journalist cheryl atkinson reports on how smear tactics are used to influence public opinion in her book the smear. how shady political operatives and fake news control what you see, what you think and how you vote. she is interviewed by washington post media critic eric wenzel. >> you don't stick up for mccain. you hammer the washington post who you feel is not properly reported on this incident as opposed to donald trump, why are you smearing john mccain? >> no offense to you. i am not here to cheer on or defend john mcc

on book tv, stephen clifford, former ceo of king broadcasting company talks about his book the ceo pay machine. sunday at 1:30 p.m., dr. willy parker, a christian and abortion provider talks about his book life's work a moral argument for choice. >> we pushed back on the more didty of abortion, we pushed back on the claim that it's dangerous. we haven't made the case that women have and people who are making decisions about reproduction, a process that occurs in their body that it is within their agency as human beings to make those decisions. >> for more of this weekend's schedule go to book tv.org. >> three technology sector executives were featured panelists at a discussion recently on cybersecu

tv, stephen clifford, former ceo of king broadcasting company talks about his book the ceo pay machine. sunday at 1:30 p.m., dr. willy parker, a christian and abortion provider talks about his book life's work a moral argument for choice. >> we pushed back on the more didty of abortion, we pushed back on the claim that it's dangerous. we haven't made the case that women have and people who are making decisions about reproduction, a process that occurs in their body that it is within their agency as human beings to make those decisions. >> for more of this weekend's schedule go to book tv.org. >> three technology sector executives were featured panelists at a discussion recently on cybersecurity challenges that state governments face. this discussion was hosted by the national governors association at its 2017 summer meeting in prove dins rhode island. they took questions from governors in attendance following their remarks. this is just over a hour. >> well, i would like to welcome everyone to the great state ril rhode island. before i get started, i would like to recognize some of the

stephen colbert will host the award show. >>> they treated it like a king so he treated them like queens. the star dropped a $2000 tip on the servers at a waffle house in charlotte. wahlberg posted this picture of the receipt with him and a selfie of the servers and in the facebook message wahlberg says his mom waited tables and his father tended bars for years. >> the big question how do you rack up the $82 bill at a waffle house.>> you're getting a whole lot so what is the biggest tip you have ever left? we having a conversation on facebook and we want to hear from you.>>> actor shia labeouf is a pilot rising after cussing out a cop in a tirade caught on body camera. >> i got more millionaire lawyers then you know what to do with. >> in a tweet last night shia labeouf says he was ashamed of his behavior and offered a sincere apology to the officer. he also said he is struggling with addiction and working toward securing sobriety. the incident happened in savannah, georgia. he accused the officer of arresting him because he is white. >>> a lesson about reading the fine print. we can't b

on booktv stephen clifford, the former ceo of king broadcast company talks about his book "the ceo payachine." a christianarker and abortion provider talks about "life's work: a moral argument for choice." >> three perspective on the morbidity of abortion or tree push back on the claim it is dangerous. we haven't made the case that women who are making decision about reproduction, a process that occurs within their body, that is within their agency as human beings to make those decisions. org.or more go to booktv. afterwards,ght on reporting on houseman tactics are used to influence -- on how smear tactics are used to influence opinion. by is interviewed "washington post" media critic. you feel "the washington post" has properly reported on the issue rather than saying " donald trump, why are you smearing john mccain?" wasn't "the washington post" i wrote about. i am not here to defend john mccain or donald trump. i think when people mistake when you criticize media behavior for how it treats donald trump. it is not that i'm supporting him or cheering them on. it is misread often as yo

community seems to be united in that, but i have to tell you, senator king, i know nothing but what i've read in the paper. >> stephenhe united states gets his intel from newspapers? "i will say to you, senator, i do not think we should investigate russia because my horoscope here says it's a bad time for capricorns to start new projects. all right? my moon is in aries right now." ( cheers and applause ) but senator king kept going. >> there was a memorandum from the intelligence community on october 9th that detailed what the russians were doing after the election, before the inauguration. you never sought any information about this rather dramatic attack on our country? >> no. >> never? >> stephen: yeah, just never thought to ask about it. it's all explained in his children's book, "not curious jeff." ( laughter ) i think, i think our leaders maybe should take a little interest here. vladimir putin has. in fact, we just learned that russia's attempts to hack the election were far more widespread than we thought, including hacking into voter databases and software systems, in 39 states. that's right, 39. that means

stephen strasburg is also on the squad. that starts tonight for the national league. autria: too good to pass up. to up and comers sneaking in a lion kingreference. --ald a kuhn yeah and opposing side by side. no worries for the rest of your days, if you are a lion king fan. [laughter] this one. [laughter] in the background when i babysit my nephews. otherwise -- larry: no worries, as long as you can stay cool. veronica: try to stay cool as a cucumber today. it could be 10-15 degrees cooler that is why it is good to put a cucumber on your eyelids and why it is a good thing to eat in the summer. it will cool you down. by 3:00 today. in the 90's all day long until 8:00. we have the heat here with higher humidity and a look at thursday. 103 degrees. the heat index temperature, it will be a hot one. we will get a little bit of rain and we need it. more if the deficit. by thursday, we could pick up inch.ird of one thunderstorm locations, more than one inch around the area. storms will be ending by the time the james taylor concert starts on friday. will talk about what the weekend looks like on news channel eight. you may encounter a few sig

stephen: welcome back to the show. (applause) oh, folks you're in for a treat, my first guest is an actor best known for the last king ofcotland, a toinment and of course as the professor x who isn't patrick stewart. please welcome james mcavoy. (applause) how are you doing. good to see you again. >> thank you for having me on again. >> stephen: how have you been? >> been good, busy, busy, busy. >> stephen: yeah. you don't have any hair. >> i know. i know. >> stephen: have you been shooting x. >> i've been shooting x and i'm getting ready to shoot "split" which isn't split, it is something else. >> stephen: a sequel to split. >> a sequel to split, oh, thank you. (applause). >> stephen: when you, when you get a haircut, do people hang out outside the barber to see how short it is going to be, to see if there is another x-men movie down the line. because it gives it away unless you are plague the dalai lama. >> the the thing is when i first got my hair shaved nobody recognized me, nobody knew who i was, that was great. i was walking around montreal where we film x-men and it was like having fake glasses and mustache and n

stephen colbert is hosting them on september 17. >>> hey, good morning, everybody. i got a little tennis for you as the story continues to be the king from wimbledon, because of a queen of the court. five time wimbledon champ venus williams faced johanna konta. ladies semis and williams came out firing yesterday. 103-mile-per-hour serve took the first set 6-4. age 37, get out of here. watch her go to work from the far court. williams reached the finals for the first time since 2009. 6-4, 6-2 the final. konta was just 3 when williams turned pro right here in oakland in 1994. >>> over to a little basketball. warriors patrick mccaw got a title ring. playing against boston in the summer league. mccaw, my gosh, he had 20 points but the warriors were already down 21 and lost to the celtics 93-69. bird late of the cal berkeley bears, he had 17. warriors face the clippers later on today. >>> also, major league baseball, back from the break. the a's will be hosting the indians tonight at the coliseum. the giants on the road in san diego against the padres. madison bumgarner will pitch on tomorrow from petco park. we'll see you later. >>> a d

. >> tonight on book tv, stephen clifford, former ceo of king hisdcasting, talked about book, the ceo pay machine. sunday at one: 30, dr. willie parker, kristin and abortion provider talks about his book, life's work, a moral argument for choice. thee pushed back on morbidity of abortion, on the claim that it is dangerous. thatve not made the case people who are making decisions about reproduction, a process that occurs within their body come and that it is within their agency as a human being to make this. booktcer: for more, go to v.org. announcer: sunday night on after words, how smear tactics are used to influence public opinion. she is interviewed by washington post media critic eric wemple. someone who has not properly reported on this to saying,s opposed donald trump, why are you smearing john mccain? >> it was the washington post i wrote about. on orot here to cheer defend john mccain or donald trump. when youistake criticize media behavior for how it treats donald trump, but does that mean i support him or are cheering him on, but it is miss red often as you must be supportin