director terry george is one of the first feature films to depict the genocide.is the trailer for "the promise." >> thank you. [shouting] ♪ >> the world is at your feet. >> you're going to become a doctor. >> yes, it is my passion. >> i am with the associated press. >> a toast to old friends and new. >> bravo. >> [applause] >> she is a fine woman. >> you make me feel like i have come home. >> she was very fond of you, it is obvious. >> it is very dangerous for armenians right now. i want to get you out of here. >> if it is not safe for me, it is not safe for any of my people. >> what is the associated press doing here? >> reporting on the war. >> there is no war here. ♪ >> no one here is safe. >> i have to get us out of here. before there is no time left. >> i was told to organize an escape route. how can i help? ♪ >> dear love. ♪ >> chris? ♪ >> we will build a future together. charlie: joining me now is the film's writer and director, terry george as well as three of its stars, christian bale, oscar isaac, and angela sarafyan. i'm pleased to have them here at hi

promise, about the armenian genocide and starred christian bale, angela sarafyan, and directed by terry george. >> i was determined it would be pg-13 because ultimately it is a love story where we take the audience through these events and i wanted it to be accessible to teenagers and also to people who might feel that an a rated film about a genocide is something beyond which they want to see. the horror in it is psychological and suggested as much by our great actresses. >> rose: elizabeth warren and the armenian genocide when we continue. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: elizabeth warren is here, a senior senator from massachusetts and former harvard law school professor. she's also a long time champion of working families and the middle class. in february she was rebuked by the senate by quoting cor eta scott king during a debate on jeff sessions nomination for attorney gen

. >> rose: "the promise" is a new film from director terry george.he early 20th century love story set against the backdrop of the armenian genocide. it stars christian ailes bailz. >> the background to the genocide itself is when the first world war broke out, the turkish government at that time-- actually, the ottoman empire government, there was no turkee they made a decision basically to eliminate the armenian population. and they used the cover of the war between the turks and russians and the northern border on to say that the armennians had risen up and they had to be moved out of that war zone. what in fact happened is was the bulk of the population from around the ottoman empire were basically herded into the desert and walked to death or massacred in rivers, fields, cliffs, drowned at sea. it wasn't the first genocide of the 20th century, but a key moment in these catastrophes in that the word itself "genocide" came from this event. >> rose: who is your character, christian? >> i play a character called chris myself, a member of the associa

joining me now is the film's writer and director, terry george as well as three of its stars, christiancar isaac -- i'm pleased to have them here at his table. this is historical. tell us what happened and why there is so much controversy, and why there has not been a film. terry: the background to the genocide result is that when the first war broke out, the turkish government, the ottoman empire government made a decision to eliminate the armenian population. war used the cover of a between the turks and the russians in the northern border to say to the armenians had risen up, and they had to be moved out of that war zone. what happened is that the bulk of the population around the ottoman empire were walked into the desert and massacred in ffs, drownedds, cli at sea. this was not the first genocide of the 20th century, but a key moment in these catastrophes in that the word itself genocide came from this event. charlie: why has the united states refused to clearly call it a genocide? terry: the fact that it hasn't been covered by film. the reason why are merged together in that turke

terry george was very adamant he wanted it to be tool because so little of it is known as least in the my shame. >> did you, christian? >> no. >> okay. >> so it's been very effective. you were say u you tnts any it about it. the terrible thing is you think of lapse of consequences. you do the 100% proceeds. >> christian is good. >> 100% proceeds of the film go to charity which i think is unprecedent. >> we should mention he's done hotel rwanda. >> yeah. he's have interestings in that. another line from the film which i think is great is our revenge will be to stay alive. not only survive but thrived. it's a very hopeful message and hopefully people make a lot of pair reallies twoen in the same exact part of worlds. i love it go ahead and chose armenia. see if they that will do i. it's positive. you two falling in love with the seam william but you vnld ma a promise to another woman. >> one man, two women? >> he gets lured. i play a young man from a small village in armenia w constant ta noble to learn modern medicine and bring it back to the individualage. once he arrives in the big ci

terry george, the director and writer, h was very adamant he wanted it to be an educational tool andols because so little of it is known at least in the west, in this country for sure. >> did you know about it? >> i didn't know anything about it to my shame. >> did you, christian? >> nope. >> okay. >> it's been very effective, the silencing. >> the embarrassing thing is we're not alone. you said you don't either. people don't it's the great unknown genocide. the terrible think about it, you think the lack of consequences for this genocide may have provoke other genocides we've seen in the past century,,,,,,,, >>> welcome to "cbs this morning: saturday." i'm anthony mason. >> and i'm alex wagner. coming up this hour, trying to improve veterans' health care. president trump extends a program for veteran. we'll talk with the secretary of the v. about the state of that agency. >>> and a peek behind closed doors of the author of "shatter," hillary clinton's campaign. >>> and the life and death of heath ledger. we'll talk with his sister and the director of that film. >>> first, president

so, yeah, terry the director terry george i grew this thing because if you look a lot of the photographsn interesting facial hair all over the place. there's a couple of scenes as you said the battle of the mustaches. but they did. they went for it in that era, and so i did it and terry said you look a bit like a walrus. [ laughter ] >> but in good way. >> and he's the director. so you want him to be happy, right? however he is. >> talk a little bit about the premise of this film i know this is something kept under wraps for while but it essentially seems like it's the old love triangle but set in different time with a lot of things happening in the background. >> well, yes. there is i'll speak it to as my character. i may or mean yann man small village that comes to study medicine to become a doctor, and there he meets this armenian woman played by charlotte will he vaughn falls in love with her. the problem she's in relationship with christian's character who is an american journalist. covering the what is about to be world war one. war breaks out. and the turkish government decides th

this morning, those convoys have resumed and the war goes on, george. >> terry moran, thanks very much>>> now to washington, d.c., and president trump is back in the nation's capital this morning, after spending easter in mar-a-lago. he's preparing for the white house easter egg roll. but also facing fallout for those protests, demanding he release his tax returns. our congressional correspondent, mary bruce has more on all that. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, robin. after spending a quiet holiday with his family, this morning, the president will celebrate with more than 20,000 guests here on his backyard. the white house, this morning. it's buzzing with activity. getting ready for the easter egg roll. across the country, a far less festive mood, from protesters demanding the president do something they feel is far overdue. this morning, president trump is back in washington after spending easter with his family at mar-a-lago. the president celebrating the holiday while being dogged by another annual event, tax day. [ crowd chanting ] >> reporter: across the country, th

george. >> okay, terry, thanks. we'll dig into that with martha raddatz right here in new york. dramatic escalation in the rhetoric from the president and his u.n. ambassador in just the last 24 hours but as terry pointed out the options are difficult to work through. >> they're very difficult, george. i mean, first of all you have to decide what the goal is here. is it to punish assad? is it to prevent him from any more attacks, or is it to get rid of assad altogether? there are several options known by the acronym d.i.m.e. first of all, diplomatic, try to pressure russia to pressure syria, deliver a message to russia that things will start blowing up in syria unless you make movement. that is a high-risk move. that is the downside. next intelligence. try to bring down assad by spending -- sending in special operations troops, cia missions, secret missions there, again, very high risk of casualties for americans and others. "m," that's the military option with the big "m." that means send in cruise missiles and try to hit command and control centers, anything you can do but tha

terry is here. she served under george bush and president bush from the cia.s your take on this action that both sides are take something. >> a lot of saber rattling coming up from washington and pyongya pyongyang. from the united states, we're trying to put maximum pressure. we're convening this meeting at the white house. the venue is definitely unusual. i don't think that that changes his calculus to do more. >> shepard: do we know enough about kim jong-un to affect him? i'm lead to believe this is a person that we believe is unstable. is that accurate? >> i'm not sure if he's unstable or as crazy as everybody makes him out to be. he's very shrewd. i'm concerned that with all of this back and forth, there could be a miscalculation. i'm concerned about that. that could lead to unintended escalation back and forth. >> the fact that there's 25 million within a one-minute strike distance, not just nukes but ballistic capabilities is -- gives you a lot of pause. gives him a lot of leverage. >> absolutely. over 10,000 artillery pieces 60 seconds away with 20 mill

george. >> okay, terry, we'll stay on russia right now, and a blockbuster new report on the trump campaign's contacts with russia. "the washington post" reports that the fbi obtained a secret court order last summer to monitor trump adviser carter page who they suspected was acting as an agent of russia. chief investigative correspondent brian ross with the details. good morning. >> reporter: this could prove to be a major bombshell if "the washington post" report this morning is correct. that the fbi was investigating one of donald trump's former foreign policy advisers as a possible russian spy or agent of influence. the adviser's name is carter page. a new york businessman who abc news has already reported was a target of a russian spy recruitment back in 2014. page last week confirmed that he was under fbi scrutiny but said he was not a spy and that any documents he gave to russian spies who are posing as officials were inconsequential. >> any information i would give is -- is, again, immaterial and all public information. >> reporter: you feel like you were working for them as an intell

terry. >> reporter: good morning, george. so much for that trump/putin bromance. they're issuing statements against it. he regards them as an act of aggression and violation of international law under a far-fetched pretext. moscow is also saying these have dealt a serious blow to russian/u.s. relations. it's not just words either. that crucial air safety agreement between the u.s. and russia in the skies over syria. it's a channel of communications that ensures there's no accidents or conflicts in military operations. that today has been shut down by moscow and it was through that channel that the pentagon warned the russian military in advance of last night's missile strikes. this morning now russian military announcing it will bolster its air defenses in syria so now with thousands of russians on the ground in syria intermingled on the battlefield the stakes going forward for the president are much, much higher. >> complicating our relationship with russia but the president is drawing praise from our european allies. >> he is, absolutely. there's vocal support r

came out to see "1984," a film made in the 1980's, and orwell'stion of george 1949 novel of a dystopian future and a told tell the terry and state. -- and in a totalitarian state. among the crowd, there was anticipation. >> i haven't seen it in a few years. reporter: the man who co-organized these screenings believes the film is timely in the age of trump. >> we chose "1984" because it is a work that is resonating with a lot of people at this moment in the united states and even around the world. reporter: the truth in "1984" is manufactured. it is not rooted in reality. many commentators were startled when kellyanne conway used the phrase "alternative facts" in referring to a true event. ms. conway: our press secretary gave alternative facts to that. reporter: using a film from 30 years ago as a device to critique the trump administration may appeal to his opponents, but to his supporters it may come across as facile and meddling with the truth. the united states does not have anything like a totalitarian government depicted in "1984." a film maker was on a panel to discuss "1984" and warns against drawing to close co

george. >> justice gorsuch will get started on monday, and likely to hear arguments that day. i want to go to terrytice kennedy. but people hope he votes more like the man whose seat he is filling. >> reporter: correct. he was the swing vote sometimes with liberals and sometimes conservatives. there is little question this is a man who his whole life, going back to high school and college where he started conservative publ publicafa the ions. they expect him to alynn with justice scalia. justice kennedy, there is a sense amongst him that he is considering resigning. that will be an epical event if he got to replace justice kennedy. no sign of that yet, but justice kennedy's son and president trump's son are friendly in new york city real estate, and there is a great deal of swirling speculation about it. >> we heard a lot about that while the president was courting him. no word from justice kennedy about retirement. terry and cecilia, thank you. we'll return to regular programming. for many of you on the west coast, that's "good morning "g america." >> announcer: this h in. >>> we just saw justice

i want to bring in terry former director for the are affair working under both president's george w.h and former president barack obama thanks for joining me really appreciate it. >> thank you for having me on. >> i want to first talk to you about these tensions. set the scene. you heard the warning there from the north korean officials. do you think that this is reaching a boiling point or is this more bluster? >> well, i do think north korea has conducted more provocations. so i do expect north korea to fully go through what they said and conduct more missile tests. now that said, they might not conduct a six nuclear tests or intercontinental ballistic missile tests that could reach mainland united states. because that would be truly a red line for washington. >> are tensions higher than you have witnessed under past presidents? and is that a result of president trump? how do you calculate that at this point. >> >> well, i've been following north korean issue for two decades now. and i have never seen tensions this high. and that's because particle it's kim jong un who has really e

sumi terry is here and served on the national security council under george w.and president obama. thanks for coming. >> thanks for having me on. >> shepard: how are we handling this? >> right not we're not handling it well. but in fairness, nobody handled it well. this goes to the clinton administration, the bush administration, the obama administration and now the trump administration. >> shepard: now the rhetoric has been ratcheted up and the threat is out there. so how could we see this go something. >> the politics in washington is that we're putting ourselves in a bind. you either have to back down and lose credibility with our allies and enemy or now we have to follow-throu follow-through. are we going to have a military strike? it's a very dangerous step to take. a very dangerous step to take. >> shepard: because of north korea's abilities with japan and south korea? >> yes. there's more than 10,000 artillery pieces that is aimed at seoul right now. we have 220 million people in south. 28,500 american soldiers in south korea right now. of course, can it

george. >> i want to bring terry moran in. our chief foreign correspondent. let me begin with you. increased actions in syria. the dramatic missile strike cut against the president's campaign promise to stay out of syria. >> yeah, it's all about the chemical attack. it's all about that chemical attack. he went in with those air strikes. going after the syrian troops. and that chemical plant. i don't think it really changes much. i don't think it changes his strategy there. he's not going to try to get assad out of syria himself. i think he's stayed on track, as you say. on track with the air strikes in iraq. there are many more right now because of mosul. unless there is another chemical attack, i don't think you'll see him going after it. >> you're in moscow, terry. the president, during the campaign, had a lot of kind things to say about vladimir putin. talked about having a better relationship with putin. one of the things we have seen from the fallout of the serious strike is a new cold war with russia right now basically. >> absolutely, george. they popped champagne and partie

george burrell, attorney and nonprofit executive. good morning to you, sir. glad to have you. brian tierney, marketing executive. >> good morning. >> welcome back. always good to see you. terryadonna, franklin & marshall pollster. it's so good to have you again, terry. and ajay raju, attorney. good morning, sir. thank you all for your time and your opinions. so, a former district attorney is suing the current district attorney, along with powerhouse attorney dick sprague is joining in the lawsuit because of the federal bribery and corruption charges against seth williams. he did relinquish his law license voluntarily, but he has said he is not gonna resign in the wake of the charges. and yet, the former district attorney, who was his prior mentor, of course, lynne abraham, along with this other lawsuit, finally says she believes he should be out. why do you think they went to this unprecedented step, she and mr. sprague? why do you think that seth williams is willing to combat them, i guess, and not just resign? and do you think it'll work? >> well, i think most of the preeminent ethics lawyers in town have said there's no legal basis for putting him out of office, so i'm no

i think terry morin of abc said barack obama was the only effective president the other one being georgebecame president in harry smith of cbs said it was like a sacrament, the inauguration. when he reached 100 days the media positively gushed and here's what they said. barack obama has signed twice as many bills into law as george w. bush. eric: that was 14 and mr. trump has how many? >> 28 so we are making news here today. most people who are watching this right now eric will not believe this but they can go to politifact's which won the pulitzer prize, very factual. you will outline all 28 goals that were signed into law but he didn't do somebody wanted including the tax in repeal and replace of obamacare but twice as many as barack obama. no wonder he's a bit frustrated. eric: you give them an a+ but what about those who give them an f? they say he's impulsive and the administration is careening. he has a lot of top jobs that remain open and the foreign policy is a mess. >> i like the economy has turned around. that is clearly demonstrated by the stock market. people there are not vo

george burrell, attorney and nonprofit executive. good morning to you, sir. glad to have you. brian tierney, marketing executive. >> good morning. >> welcome back. always good to see you. terry marshall pollster. it's so good to have you again, terry. and ajay raju, attorney. good morning, sir. thank you all for your time and your opinions. so, a former district attorney is suing the current district attorney, along with powerhouse attorney dick sprague is joining in the lawsuit because of the federal bribery and corruption charges against seth williams. he did relinquish his law license voluntarily, but he has said he is not gonna resign in the wake of the charges.