steven spielberg director of the original blockbuster "jaws" says all these busts will change what you end up paying at the box office. >> eventually, you will have to pay $25 to see the next "ironman." and you will probably have to pay $7 to see "lincoln." >> reporter: like many other american industry, globalization has hit hollywood and business a abroad has helped the bottom line. "ironman 3" made about $300 million at home but more than double that abroad. it turns out the international market has a taste for the epic computer effect heavy spectacles. that's just one reason the big studios are shying away from riskier original storytelling. each of the top five highest grossing movies this summer were remakes or sequels. "star wars" creator, george lucas, knows a thing or two about sequels and he agrees with steven spielberg's vision of the future. >> what used to be the movie business, now it will be the television business which actually has nothing to do with television. >> reporter: amc's "breaking bad," "game of thrones"" and "homeland are drawing viewers away from the video.

directed a great movie and i was fun to play the submarine captain from that time do you think steven spielberg is right when he said that hollywood's going to implode. implode in what way is the course of going up too much well it's twenty five dollars to see iron man well it's been an interesting summer because so many really big big budget movies have not not succeeded with the public and to me as a filmmaker and of her as a filmmaker and a producer i see a movie they spend two hundred fifty million i get that expenditure for certain visions it's so expensive and cost for it but i would rather see make seven movies for that amount of money i die if i was a studio exec i'd spread the risk a little bit i'd be looking for all kinds of things i understand the idea of the tent pole. but it's a funny business i mean i think we're going to sneak in with this movie and i think it's going to grab people because it's it's kind of a throwback and it's in those is going to be tremendous so i just want a couple quick things is there a sequel to some of the twister. i've always wanted to do one i always t

bawling her with $100 million was director steven spielberg. he was boosted by his 2012 film "lincoln" and his classic hits. in a three-way tie was simon cowell, howard stern, and the 50 shades of grey author. $95 million last year. oprah winfrey tumbled to 13th place this year. tiger woods and roger fetter where the top earning athletes and the youngest was lady gaga at 27. four of the top 20 celebrity earners were women and all but four were american. >> that isn't from the newsroom for now. time to go to douglas. >> thanks ray much, chris. tonight's debate, is the united states on the brink of military action against syria? a day after john kerry warned that the obama administration would hold the searing government accountable for "the indiscriminate slaughter of civilians," the germ breed for intervu -- drumbeat for intervention is growing louder. a strike could come as early as thursday. officials are in the process right now of declassifying documents to justify that intervention. you just heard in the past few minutes those documents co

passed and danny was brought aboard and then i was brought aboard and it was between me and steven spielbergyou believe it, charlie? >> rose: so steven said "i'm busy"? >> i don't know what happened. >> rose: this is what they do in hollywood. "if steven is busy --" (laughter) >> i wouldn't mind taking second place for that. (laughter) very good. >> rose: steven's busy, so go to lee. so they go to you. what's the challenge? >> the challenge is trying to get the budget to meet this epic story. because the studios will only give african american dramas a specific amount of money and danny's script spans decades and so that's a lot of money. so we were going to do it. the movie was green lit, we were going do it for a budget and i couldn't cram it into the budget that the film deserved. so it was frustrating and oprah -- i said "oprah, we're green lit with the studio. we're doing a movie." "i don't know. i don't know about this." and solarz iskind passed away. >> i didn't get you would 6--- believe you would get money for this because i had done "the great debaters." what he is saying is really

her closest competitor is director steven spielberg. music mogul, simon cowell, e.l. james and the king of all media, howard stern. but that is surprising. >> madonna. >> "saturday night live" is expected to add five new faces to its cast. one of them could be beck bennett best known for playing the moderator in these adorable at&t ads. all right. >>> and the hollywood foreign press is asking for a second act from tina fey and amy poehler. they had record ratings. >> who is your favorite host of all time. billy crystal. >> billy crystal is a classic. i would have to say they did a great job. i would not mind seeing them come on back. >> they are good together. >> like you are, bill karins. you are good with everybody. i'm richard lui. this is "early today." we hope it's just your first stop of the day on nbc. >>> leading the news in "the new york times," in obama's high-level appointments, the scales tip toward men. president obama has appointed about as many women to high level positions in the executive branch as president clinton did 20 years ago. >>> and in the de

steven spielberg, director of the original summer blockbuster, "jaws," says all these bucks will change what you end up paying at the box office. >> eventually you will have to pay $25 to see the next "iron man," and $7 to see "lincoln." >> reporter: globalization has hit hollywood and the number one movie this summer, "iron man 3" made money at home and then doubled that abroad. the international market has a taste for the computer-effect heavy spectacles, and that's why the theaters are shying away from the risky storing telling, and each of the top grossing movies were remakes or sequels, and george lucas knows a thing or two about sequels. >> what used to be the movie business, which was television at the movies, and that's the television business which has nothing to do with television. >> some are drawing viewers away from the theaters. what does the future go for movie goers that prefer film makers with big ideas but perhaps smaller wallets? spike lee has been telling original stories for decades, from "do the right thing," to "inside man," one of my favorites, but what does the

. > >behind the scenes you have a couple of big hollywood heavyhitters george lucas and steven spielberg saying that the film industry is in for an implosion. hollywood is having a hard time getting movies onto the big screen .why is it so hard? > >you look at a case like the butler and all the people behind the scenes involved to get the money together. that's a common theme in hollywood. what lucas and spielberg were getting at earlier this summer when they made these statements was the idea that these big budgets that keep coming out of hollywood--- if they don't make their money back we're gonna see hollywood implode. and we had that month period where you had white house down, lone ranger, and ripd, and turbo, and pacific rim. and they were all sort of failing a bit and that's what they were looking at. but we've had 23 movies this year that budgeted over 100 million dollars. 15 of them can be considered successes so which way are we going here? > >but ther's a lot of money spent on flops. >.absolutely. the lone ranger was a huge flop---white house down. but you know, 15 out of 23 i

. >> rose: soon they'll be saying "we can't get lee daniels, can we get steven spielberg?" (laughter) >> steven! that's not true! (laughter) >> rose: thank you all and congratulations. great to see you. the movie is called lee dance yels' "the butler." it opens on august 16. see you next time. "the electric company" is brought to you by... find your voice and share it, american greetings, proud sponsor of "the electric company." agreement from the u.s. department of education's ready to learn grant, and viewers like you, thank you. we interrupt our regularly scheduled programming r a special ectric company shout-out from prankster planet! today's honorary electric company members are: garry2005, supersofia, and ericju, the robot clown. congratulations! both: thank you! and now back to... but wait! we still need you! words on earth are being reversed! the stop signs are turning into pots signs! it's chaos! it's madness! it's my reverse-a-balls... no one can stop me! both: we will stop you! can the electric company stop francine and her reverse-a-ball? ♪ prankster planet pran

passed and danny was brought aboard and then i was brought aboard and it was between me and steven spielberg, can you believe it, charlie? >> rose: so steven said "i'm busy"? >> i don't know what happened. >> rose: this is what they do in hollywood. "if steven is busy --" (laughter) >> i wouldn't mind taking second place for that. (laughter) very good. >> rose: steven's busy, so go to lee. so they go to you. what's the challenge? >> the challenge is trying to get the budget to meet this epic story. because the studios will only give african american dramas a specific amount of money and danny's script spans decades and so that's a lot of money. so we were going to do it. the movie was green lit, we were going do it for a budget and i couldn't cram it into the budget that the film deserved. so it was frustrating and oprah -- i said "oprah, we're green lit with the studio. we're doing a movie." "i don't know. i don't know about this." and solarz iskind passed away. >> i didn't get you would 6--- believe you would get money for this because i had done "the great debaters." what he is saying is

it was the hollywood event of the year celebrities like katy perry nicole kidman steven spielberg sharon stone and kevin spacey all came together for one glamorous annual gala the white house correspondents dinner that's right the event that was once focused on awarding journalism scholarships and only televised on c.-span has evolved into just another celebrity red carpet love fest look it's no surprise that hollywood has a very tight relationship with the white house is everything from helping with movie scripts to campaign contributions to this. gradually all the nominees and their tremendous work they made us laugh they made us weep and they made us grip our armrests just a little tighter yes who could forget michelle obama acting like an academy award winner herself announcing the oscars best picture this year but back to the white house dinner it just host government officials and a list celebs it has the most influential media players in the biz and the fact that mainstream media even quaint at the nerd prom provided enough fodder to be my latest weapon. mass distraction. known as

steven spielberg's creepy thriller minority report police can predict who will commit a murder before the killer strikes that's science fiction real police say they can't predict who will commit a crime but they do think they can predict where crime is going to happen. right here you think you're here besides responding to usual radio calls officers in los angeles are using predictive policing technology called credit pull the l.a.p.d. has been using it since two thousand and eleven the computer program is used in several u.s. cities and in the united kingdom predictive policing is a forecast that's been generated over crimes over the last six to seven years. it gets into a database and they predict where a crime is going to occur within the city there will be a box a radius about a two block radius where the forecasts will predict a crime will curve and will send officers to patrol inside that box the use of cutting edge technology in the war on terror has made national headlines but on the local level an increasing amount of police departments are going high tech and using massive a

was the hollywood event of the year celebrities like katy perry nicole kidman steven spielberg sharon stone and kevin spacey all came together for one glamorous annual gala the white house correspondents dinner that's right the event that was once focused on awarding journalism scholarships and only televised on c.-span has evolved into just another celebrity red carpet love fest look it's no surprise that hollywood has a very tight relationship with the white house there's everything from helping with movie scripts to campaign contributions to this. one and gradually all the nominees are in their tremendous work they made us laugh they made us weep and they made us gripped our armrests just a little tighter yes who could forget michelle obama acting like an academy award winner herself announcing the oscars best picture this year but back to the white house dinner it did just host government officials and a list celebs it hosts the most influential media players in the biz and the fact that mainstream media even quaint at the nerd prom provided enough fodder to be my latest weapon of

passed and danny was brought aboard and then i was brought aboard and it was between me and steven spielberg, can you believe it, charlie? >> rose: so steven said "i'm busy"? >> i don't know what happened. >> rose: this is what they do in hollywood. "if steven is busy --" (laughter) >> i wouldn't mind taking second place for that. (laughter) very good. >> rose: steven's busy, so go to lee. so they go to you. what's the challenge? >> the challenge is trying to get the budget to meet this epic story. because the studios will only give african american dramas a specific amount of money and danny's script spans decades and so that's a lot of money. so we were going to do it. the movie was green lit, we were going do it for a budget and i couldn't cram it into the budget that the film deserved. so it was frustrating and oprah -- i said "oprah, we're green lit with the studio. we're doing a movie." "i don't know. i don't know about this." and solarz iskind passed away. >> i didn't get you would 6--- believe you would get money for this because i had ne "the great debaters." what he is saying is re

straight not street smart guy in the you you are is enormously famous in iceland you called the steven spielberg of ice and you're one of the awards that i saw them gives with what do they call it or what they're there for us here yet or it was was contraband your first american film it was the first studio movie i've done smaller english language films but only a bit outside the system you know very small films and but this was my first studio with the finest film and what it was it different for you not really you know bigger budgets bigger budget in home bigger egos a little bit but in the back of the as i say the head is the same size in the frame as and i think after so it's pretty much the same job you know as a little bit more politics but i have been very lucky with it with the with my experience say oh here i haven't you know i don't really have anything to complain about regarding you know i get to do what i want to do and the movies you know i'm not compromised do you have a lot to do with the full cast cast your tax them in almost. the i mean now that's something i really like i like

different and just the scope of the show is different and it's stephen king stephen king and steven spielberg and it's just. but but am i to join it yet play a big of a little bit of hands on stephen king is more hands on but stillbirths builder is definitely there making decisions yeah when i was in social media questions for you know robert civvy you know on twitter wants to know would deem have a role to play in the saul goodman spinoff. that we have to vince gilligan in character i don't know about that daniel on twitter wants to know the job or think you might have been written off on a whims knows i didn't because i know that vince gilligan would have would have told me ahead of time along as soon as he knew because he's that kind of guy which is which is to his great respect and i knew that they needed this you know wind and guns character found out early on in that i think was season three i realized that the final arc they had to deal with was what hank would do when he found out about walt and knew they needed needed that tension and now we're going to get that answer these final we

you might have seen steven spielberg's shindlers list, he saved more than 1,000 jewish refugees by hiringn his factory. the auction house trying to sell it tells us there are still multiple parties they say are interested in purchasing it. >>> where did anthony weiner come up with the name carlos danger? he was asked that just today, and i guess he answered the question. he said it was just a joke between him and someone else, but he wouldn't comment on who that person was. meanwhile an online carlos danger name generated by the website has received more than half a million hits. it's a man's name, carlos santiago hazard. if you ever see it on the web, it might be me. >>> it has been a while since the u.s. lost its credit rating. the s&p closing -- fed are going to keep pumping money into the markets. >>> now our fourth story out front. russia punches the united states in the face. it wasn't even given a head's up from russia before they granted edward snowden asylum today. this isn't the first major blow the obama administration has suffered this week. chris laurens is out front. >> repo

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stewart was leading when the crash happened. >>> steven spielberg dropping out of the movie american s kyle. the reason is apparently spielberg's vision for the movie did not align with warner brothers' budget. >>steve: meanwhile, it is one of the most talked about movies about to be released and michael tammero stepped in with the all-star cast the butler, the true movie of a white house butler who witnessed america transformed over the span of eight presidencies. >> fabulous. a moving movie, the first movie to chronicle the history of the civil rights movement from the beginning all the way to the election of barack obama. it is the also the first time or the first movie oprah has done in 15 years since "precious." it is a big cast. we caught up with all of them last night and asked them while filming did they have what oprah called that a-ha moment, that moment of clarity. >> my big a-ha was realizing i have vulnerable spaces even though i have to be a person in the world that makes decisions and moves forward. that i still main attend a sense of vulnerability that allows for the a

celebrities with homes nearby include tom hanks, steven spielberg, because willis and barbara streisand. the fire as grown to an area larger than thety of denver. >>> a woman 0 who tried to kill herself more than a decade ago says the cops who helped save her are ruining her life. the woman is suing the nypd for $7 million saying the department made details of their suicide attempt public. become in 2001 the then 15-year-old jumped in front of a new york city subway train and survived and the now grown woman spoke with the new york post newspaper. he says her survival was a wakeup call. she turned her life around, earned a degree in psychology. according to her lawsuit, at least 39 potential employers have turned her down. she says the reason is, background checks turned up pictures and police reports from that incident i mentioned. the woman filed a lawsuit in queens, new york, supreme court, according to the court papers, she is suing the city and the officers who handled her case. she says the nypd made the records public. they claim both the police department and the city deny. >> a

>> reporter: and giving directions to steven spielberg. >> make it more even on both sides. >> reporter for the academy, with nearly 40 million viewers pane a daytime talk show host, sweeping up an emmy nod, for hollywood's biggest prime time event. >> she has knowledge and intelligence and class and affection. all the reasons i'm a big fan of the decision. >> ellen's big announcement via twitter has raked in 18,000 retweets and 18,000 favorites. the oscars will take over the heart of hollywood, march 2nd, 2014. i can't believe preparations have begun. >> seth macfarlane was controversial. but he did well. >> he was the highest since ellen. >> ellen did well, as well. >> exactly. repeating. >>> coming up here on "gma," a big scare for rid rock. the reward he is offering for anybody who finds out who tried to break into his home. and why kid rock is saying the guy is very lucky. and it's not exactly therwhat you might think.town dannon oikos greek nonfat yogurt is packed with 12 grams of protein in every 5.3 oz cup. sink your teeth into that. dannon oikos. the new protein. ♪ dannon [ all

the clintons spent two summers at steven spielberg's east hampton home estimated worth $45 million.bought his crawford ranch in 1999 for over a million. obamas staying at 7.6 million estate in martha's vineyard. senior year of high school, i was promoted to city court staff commander, i held the rank of cadet brigadier general. i was head of chicago rotc. i want to be a us citizen and i want to be a marine, i'm gonna be a marine, because i care. i care about this country. i care about those around me, i care about my family, my neighbors. you know, i do want to give back, i believe one hundred percent in what this country stands for. let me earn it, you know, let me serve. i just want an opportunity, i just want a chance. to, to show everyone out there that, i am, american and that i will honorably serve this country wearing a marine corp uniform. could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. yep, everybody knows that. well, did you know the ancient pyramids were actually a mistake? uh-oh. geico. fifteen minutes could save you...well, you know. accomplishing even little t

even steven spielberg is complaining.s complaining that's bad for everybody. >> you know there's a problem. >> around you know there's a real problem. i'm an internet generation guy, and we really looked at it as what's the most effective way you can leverage the internet to help consolidate what's a very fragmented market? what's efficient to navigate to find your investors? >> tell us what's in the pipeline that you think will be big movies that we all need to see. >> well, i hope they will all be big. obviously you have the holiday season coming up. i think what you're seeing is sort an after shock of what happened on the decline of the dvd sales where studios go more towards a blockbuster branded model, and it has caused and what some people is a home o.j.ization of film today which is what's making it more and more difficult to get the independent and mid-range films made. >> but of the three that we're looking at vincent, "the wolf of wall street," which one do you think is basically going to be the biggest hit of t

steven spielberg and the indian director of the $0.06 whose birthplace was in india were in attendance that night. as one of the pioneering indian success stories in the united states he knew all the indian entities and as the mackenzie legend in hot spots too. he had worked with many and served as a mentor to others. when the principal deputy solicitor general was in high school and getting pressure from his indian parents to study medicine. he advised in to pursue his dreams. one of the chief attorney for evident in the government before u.s. supreme court, was a testament to which the heights indians had risen in american society. as he looked around a room that night was breathtaking to see the diversity and death of talent said the u.s. ambassador to india. there were ceos and the entrepreneur, doctors, hotel owners and riders, aspiring office seekers and officeholders, people who had grown up poor in india but now they were the ceo of the company. you could feel her all alive the american dream was in that room. there was never any question he would be invited. he walked through

blaze is near the sun valley ski resort, and it's not far from an area where celebrities like steven spielberges. the fire scorched more than 1,000 acres forcing evacuation of more than 2,000 homes. oscar was formally indicted today on a premeditated murder charge in the sheeting death of the girlfriend, the double amputee olympian is on trial march 3rd facing a life sentence with a minimum of 25 years if convicted. if you have a sweet tooth and can't get to the bakery in new york for an original cronut, there's an app to locate knockoffs. the website, thrill list, launched an app that displays bakeries not just in new york, but around the globe. they are marked on the map by little pink frosted donuts, and using the site is reportedly a piece of cake. those are your news headlines on the fox business network. back to you, nicole, and i'm hungry. i don't know about you. >> that was great, and, yes, i need to try a cronut. thank you so much. four dramatically reducing economy rating on the hybrid, could this justin wesley the tip of the iceberg for the auto makers? jeff flock with the details o

steven spielberg doesn't make movies about julia tyler or louisa adams.ary todd lincoln remains someone who is symbolically divisive, perhaps. to some, a heroine, others a victim. she is a surprisingly contemporary figure as well. >> i like her because she is so complex. i say i like her. elizabeth was her dressmaker and companion. she did not live at the white >> as a good deal of time. an african-american. >>formerly enslaved, purchased her own freedom and was interviewed along with other women to become the first lady's seamstress. or modess, as they called it. she made the most beautiful dresses. >> what do you learn about mrs. lincoln through elizabeth >> i do know if you call it her narrative, her look behind the scenes. it gives you a very concrete sketch of the relationship she had with her for four years. just reading what elizabeth tells you gives you an idea of how complex and hurt and victimized she was. >> it is the most intimate portrait we have of mary. >> we will begin our new lost-- nuanced image of mary lincoln. we all call her mary todd

it made steven spielberg a household name. everyone was afraid to go back in the water.k in the vcr. and i have to say, i've seen it so many times. i spotted a scene that i'm pretty sure i never noticed before. >> what was it? >> you have to check it out. check it out. >> just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water. one terrifying shark. one community on-edge. >> shark. >> one team charged with hunting him down. >> come here. come here, sharky. come here, little guy. yeah. fish. this trout. a rainbow trout. it's beautiful. whoa. that's not good. >> man, that's a big fish. >> nope. >> nope. >> no way. >> sorry. no. you're going to need a bigger boat. >> yeah. and maybe disco balls and an 8-track. >> come on, tough guy. come on. come on. >> i was just looking for a shuffle board on the lido deck. >> sam combined "the love boat" and "boogie nights." >> they said it was a boat. i thought it was "love boat." and there were special guest stars. >> do not quite your day job. >> the lido deck. >> it was the perform shoes he had on. the outtakes for that, priceless.

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. >>> legendary filmmaker steven spielberg came in second on the list.he made about $100 million and rounding out the top five, e.l. james author of "50 shades of grey" and simon cowell and howard stern making about $95 million over the past year. those are our headlines at this hour. over to chris. >>> one of the former students at trump university is speaking out about the lawsuit filed by the new york attorney general against donald trump. kevin scott says he dropped 25,000 bucks on the courses and now calling it one of the biggest mistakes of his life. alison kosik is here with more on the story. >> it's interesting to read about the allegations and the lawsuit and hear about them from one of the students and you know, it really is stark that we've heard from donald trump, we heard from the attorney general and once again hearing from one of his students who says that he thought or he was led to believe that he would get rich but wound of thousands of dollars in debt after he took those classes. >> people loved the school. the school was terrific. >>

the cbs show is a big intense sci-fi stephen king/steven spielberg show.g the characters or you don't. i think that's really the secret sauce for both of them. >> when these shows get so popular like "breaking bad," everybody at this table will talk about it and see it, even before you sit down with us. what superstars or icons do you know watch the show? in this world of social media, we get to find this stuff out. whereas people would find mail or whatever in the past. >> that used to be one of our favorite things when we were doing the show is to talk about who was watching our show. in hollywood, it's amazing, "breaking bad" was even at the beginning was the hottest show around. all the top producers. all the top, you know, directors. all love the show. michael mann, oprah winfrey, you name it. tom hanks. >> yeah, guess who watches our show. >> a lot of fun. >> one guy who is not big is do donny deutsch. donny gave his prediction for the finale when we had anna gun on the show. for some reason -- roll this clip. >> it ended last season where his brothe

it made steven spielberg a household name. everyone was afraid to go back in the water.n the vcr. i spotted a scene that i'm pretty sure i never noticed before. >> what was it? >> you have to check it out. check it out. >> just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water. one terrifyiying shark. one community on-edge. >> shark. >> one team charged with hunting him down. >> come here. come here, sharky. come here, little guy. yeah. fish. this trout. a rainbow trout. it's beautiful. whoa. that's not good. >> man, that's a big fish. >> nope. >> nope. >> no way. >> sorry. no. you're going to need a bigger boat. >> yeah. and maybe disco balls and an 8-track. >> come on, tough guy. come on. come on. >> i was just looking for a shuffle board on the lido deck. >> sam combined "the love boat" and "boogie nights." >> they said it was a boat. i thought it was "love boat." and there were special guest stars. >> not doing your day job. >> the lido deck. >> it was the perform shoes he had on. the outtakes for that, priceless. our christmas party for that. >> a lot of fun. >>>

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stevens. there's soderberg and spielberg. soderberg says he is done directing movies.une, spielberg predicted an implosion that a half a dozen megabudget movies are going to crash down to the ground. is that what we just saw in july? >> what spielberg was hoping for was that studios would look at the results and say we have to start making more mid range movie, more movies we can make for a little bit less and make more for them. the studios are going to put what few eggs they have into fewer and fewer baskets. there will be fewer tent poles that will probably cost even more. >> would that more of these mid range movies or just fewer moves all together? >> the big announcement of comic con is the next superman movie is going to be batman and superman together at last. they want to take characters and put them together and front load them so they seem like no fail propositions. >> one of the reasons for the phenomena is the hollywood's focus on the foreign box office. it is now all spectacle all the time. is that your diagnosis as well? >> my mother would love to hear y

and in that case one such example would be the person, thaddeus stevens, who you may have met most recently in the spielberg "lincoln" movie where he was played by tommy lee jones, very nicely. he did not seem like a creature out of birth of a nation where he was dreadfully caricatured, but it was that caricature of thaddeus stevens with a clubbed foot that was supposed to be a sign of the devil that i learned about when i studied history. someone recently said to me, well, who taught you history, southerners? it was actually, no -- [laughter] it was actually hart of around whole -- part of a whole school of students reconstruction called the dunning school. and dunning had been a professor at columbia and a famous book of his published in 1907 and influenced "birth of a nation" and me. [laughter] makes me very old. but thaddeus stevens, one of the interesting things i can summarize for you about thaddeus stevens, when he was sick and dying and knew he was going to die, he had a plot, a cemetery plot, that he bought near lancaster, pennsylvania. and be when he realized that that cemetery was not integrated,