click, call or visit a store today. >>> george takei is on a new mission.lling out injustice on and off the screen, hoping his family's painful past of imprisonment in america will help future generations not repeat the mistakes of history. here's my "nightline" co-anchor, juju chang. >> this is where we were assembled. and then from here we were sent out to the actual barbed wire concentration camps. >> reporter: george takei is having a flashback to his childhood. >> but 5-year-old me, i thought it's fun to sleep where the horsies sleep. >> reporter: now 82, this is only the second time the actor and activist has been back to the place where he was detained as a child. the santa anita racetrack. so you literally slept in the stables. >> we slept in a stall. each family was assigned a narrow, smelly stall. it still had the stink of horse manure. and for my parents it was a degrading, painful, humiliating thing. >> reporter: though he's kept his distance physically, that time of his life has never strayed far from his mind, and now he's bringing his experie

tonight -- kathy griffin -- from "the terro: infamy," actor george takei - comedian and author, jacquelineak - featuring the 8g band with nate smith ♪ [ cheers and applause ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. [ cheers and applause >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers, this is "late night. how's everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause that is great to hear. in that case, let's get to the news attorney general william barr has announced that a special inquiry would be opened into this weekend's death of accused sex trafficker jeffrey epstein the inquiry will determine whether epstein's death was a suicide, and if so, who suicided him. [ laughter ] former vice president joe biden apologized this weekend after misspeaking at an event and saying quote, "poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids." [ light laughter ] adding, "sorry, that came out gay. [ laughter ] president trump this weekend mocked former vice president joe biden on twitter saying quote, "does anybody really believe he is mentally fit to be president? that would be a great question if anybody else w

warned that violent clashes will not be tolerated, adding the army is determined to protect china takei sovereignty. the commander of the people's liberation army made the comment at a reception celebration -- celebrating the 92nd anniversary of the chinese military. the garrison released a promotional video featuriring shoulders -- soldiers outing out that a all consequences will be at your own risk. our beijing correspondent spoke earlier. beijing is that losing patience although they are keeping to the official law that they have been holding since the beginning of this protest that this is the responsibility of the hong kong government and they support the hong kong government and police force to deal with ththis on thr owown terms but they are showing that if they deem it necessary, they will step in to resolve this situation. a little bit of context on this video. anniversaryhe 92nd of the people's liberation army which is the communist party's army which is behind the foundation of the people's republic of china, since 1949, it also is being aired about a after theter a week -- a

. -- on thosees debates, foxnews.com takei report that the dnc is raising the bar effectively cutting out half or more of the candidates. candidates must meet public polling and donor thresholds. four dncr -- in approved national polls and donations coming donors in 20 or more states. texas, republican line. did you watch last night? caller: i sure did and i really love c-span. these democrats have a heads up. starting with a diverse pool early, and whittling it down to one candidate might be enough to turn texas blue. i wish the republicans would have done that before the last election. host: speaking as a republican, who do you think that democrat would be and would you support that democrat? caller: if i am going to rank them, i am going biden, of course, and then i have to say i love castro and then cory booker. i like the way they work together. they all have a common democratic vision, more so the second night than the first night. i think it is a good idea to do this now and for them to take their best person and let's turn texas blue, i guess. host: democrats line in greenbelt

we should focus on the takei in societyety -- dk in our is they, whether it ongoing crime in cities like baltimore and chicago, i understand why this dominates the media conversation. host: you talked about the democratic debates earlier, what did you learn from this recent round? guest: it is funny because i was born in detroit and lived there until i was 13 years old. i have family members there. i was surprised that more people did not make excuses for why detroit is in the state that it is despite the fact the democrats have had control of that city without any challenge from republicans for over 50 years. as a republican watching the discussion, the fact that they were on stage at the fox theater in detroit, it seemed like that was the elephant in the room. if these policies are so great, why haven't they succeeded in making detroit a utopia? i was also intrigued by the fact that conversation the first night was incredibly substantive , i thought for the idea of medicare for all, i thought it was enlightening to see where elizabeth warren and bernie sanders were on it and the discus

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takei go to the city, i the back road along the river and when i go that way, i pass the national guardepot and there is millions and millions of dollars worth of surplus military equipment. then when i look across the river under the bridge, there is people living in tents. the rural areas would be a lot better off if we took a look at pentagontrillion the cannot account for an we have this $22 trillion deficit. it sounds like a disney production wrapped around the twilight zone. you know what i am saying here? that is how it looks. host: where should that money go? you think to homelessness and housing issues in this country? caller: infrastructure. infrastructure and the well-being of the people of this country. if we are the most privileged and the fate -- the richest on the face of the earth, i don't understand this war machine all the time, these covert operations, the iran-contra operations and those things that go on, that is the problem here, that is where the money goes, prisons, that looks like a deal and a half for these contractors, military spending, defense, we need overs

we should focus on the takei in societyety -- dk in our is they, whether it ongoing crime in cities liketimore and chicago, i understand why this dominates the media conversation. host: you talked about the democratic debates earlier, what did you learn from this recent round? guest: it is funny because i was born in detroit and lived there until i was 13 years old. i have family members there. i was surprised that more people did not make excuses for why detroit is in the state that it is despite the fact the democrats have had control of that city without any challenge from republicans for over 50 years. as a republican watching the discussion, the fact that they were on stage at the fox theater in detroit, it seemed like that was the elephant in the room. if these policies are so great, why haven't they succeeded in making detroit a utopia? i was also intrigued by the fact that conversation the first night was incredibly substantive , i thought for the idea of medicare for all, i thought it was enlightening to see where elizabeth warren and bernie sanders were on it and the discussion

to takey i have immunoexpressant medication to my body from rejecting the kidney and other medications with the side effects immunosuppressant medication and my doctors later discovered a chronic distended bladder may have caused my kidney decline to begin with i to use these catheters five to six times a day to empty my bladder. a.c.a., it would be expensive for me to urinate. expenses together add up to almost as much per payments.y mortgage now, i hear talk of protecting pre-existing conditions in other plans that everybody wants to protect pre-existing conditions. previous plans put forth include things like pushing people like me into expensive and unreliable high-risk pools. those are not protections for conditions. potential lockouts for not having coverage are not protections for pre-existing conditions. talk that -- relentless the administration and a.c.a. people like me feel relentlessly attacked by this administration the members of committees like this one who keep attacking the a.c.a. son, peter, 5 months old this was born with a kidney condition similar to mine. he, like