from new our correspondent tom brooks who was there joining us from new york. our correspondent tom at to see you _ there joining us from new york. tom, great to see you what _ there joining us from new york. tom, great to see you what can _ there joining us from new york. tom, great to see you what can we - there joining us from new york. torn, great to see you what can we expect there? well it�*s going to be a big night here at the trevor becker festival. robert de niro is proud that he has created this event with his long—time producing partner. basically, the remit of this festival is something that is new york oriented, inclusive celebrating independent film and celebrating diversity as well. did niro is an interesting figure, for 79 years old, he�*s made more than 140 films, some incredible movies like taxi driver and raging interestingly, the other day in an interview almost at the side he announced he�*d become the father of a young baby girl. i went to meet him, he�*s not an easy man to interview because he�*s reticent it away, a very nice and very way, he doesn�*t complete

tom brook reports.median hanna kochehura, who had come all the way to new york from kyiv. new yorkers liked her humour. i'm afraid the rocket will hit my building, the wall will come down and everyone will see how i live. laughter. and my mum will be, "i told you to clean up." hanna told me she believes that laughter by way of stand—up comedy is vital in times of war. i think it is most appropriate. first of all it is rebellious, it is against everything that russia wants us to be, like depressed, hopeless and tired. and secondly, i think it is normal in the times of darkness to find something light and joke about it and even if it is a darkjoke, if you can laugh about it it is not so scary and it is just kind of better because a lot of ukrainian humour now is very dark. hello, are there any russians here? laughter. hanna has been doing her stand—up comedy at two different venues in new york city. her humour is connecting with american audiences, it's getting them to relate the war in ukraine in a way t

i'm tom brook, and welcome to talking movies.is edition, highlights from robert de niro�*s tribeca festival. lots on offer at tribeca this year and lots to see in talking movies. the opening—night film was kiss the future, co—produced by matt damon. what i love about this movie is what it says about the role of art and music as an act of defiance. compelling documentaries from ukraine including one showing the power of laughter during war. and female film—makers breaking records at tribeca with better representation than ever this year — they were very pleased to be here. tribeca! it is the word on every movie director's lips. and the deaf oscar—winning actor, troy kotsur, on his moving short film paying tribute to his father. all that and more on this special tribeca edition of talking movies. for the past 12 days, new york city has been hosting the tribeca festival. it began on a somewhat ominous note with smoke and haze from canada's wildfires darkening the afternoon manhattan skies. but that didn't dampen festivities. tribeca

robert de niro will be on the red carpet tonight, as will our correspondent tom brook, who joins us nowntres around robert de niro? it how much of it centres around robert de niro? , , . .,, how much of it centres around robert deniro? , , . , de niro? it is very much robert de niro trustable. _ de niro? it is very much robert de niro trustable. he _ de niro? it is very much robert de niro trustable. he co-founded - de niro? it is very much robert de niro trustable. he co-founded this| niro trustable. he co—founded this festival in the wake of the attacks with his long—time producing partner. the worldview is one of the new york liberal democrats. i think it will reflect that issue and diversity. he is 79 years old, 80 years old almost. i spoke to him a couple of days ago. i spoke to him a couple of days ago. i like him, but he doesn't complete her sentences. i i like him, but he doesn't complete her sentences.— her sentences. i apologise, we are clearly having _ her sentences. i apologise, we are clearly having some _ her sentences. i apologise, we are clearly having some issues - her

remember you can always this year, tribeca featured singer gloria gaynor, of her best—known so from me tom brook# i #igot # i got all my love to give # i got all my love to give # i'll survive # i'll survive # i'll survive # i will survive # i will survive # hey, hey. hello there. system of us will be pleased to hear that rain is on the way, but be warned — the thunderstorms could be quite severe, so a lot of rain in a short space of time almost certainly leading to flash flooding in places, hail, gusty winds as well, butjust down the road you might escape the worst of it and it will be predominantly dry, bright or even sunny. a low pressure is just to the west and south—west of us right now. this is where it's going to stay over the next few days and that pattern basically means that a moisture, clouds and warmth will be rotating around this area of low pressure and the air will be predominantly be coming from the south so it will stay on the warm side. but no real heat on the way, at least in the short—term. the rainfall accumulation map so the darker the blue colours the greater the chance of

tom brooks, bbc news. anchor: sometimes laughter can be the best weapon.ly, a mountain face came crashing down thursday night, stopping just short of a small village in central switzerland. look at this. truly a tale of a narrow escape for residents in a small swiss town. you can see how close the rockside came to homes. all 70 people living there were told to evacuate mid-may after they were warned that collapse could come at any time. no one was hurt and miraculously no buildings were damaged but residents won't be able to return home anytime soon as there are threats omore rock slides to come. thank you so much for watching world news america. narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. man: bdo. accountants and advisors. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ ♪ narrator: you're watch

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robert de niro will be on the red carpet tonight as will our correspondent tom brook who joins us now there. this is auoin to still such a huge figure there. this is going to be _ still such a huge figure there. try 3 is going to be an exciting evening, i think, here in tribeca despite the smoke and haze here in new york. robert de niro is really the figurehead of the tribeca festival and together with his other co—founder of the festival, james rosenthal, their worldview, in a way, informs the festival. new york liberal grub liberals and democrats, it's of inclusivity and diversity. it's a mammoth event with 600 individual events during the course of this 12 day festival. it should, hopefully, engage new yorkers. robert de niro is an interesting character. he is 79 years old and 80 in august, in an interview not so long ago he announced almost as an aside, that he had become a father to a baby girl it with his girlfriend and that his seventh child, he is a formidable force in movie—making. he has made one over £140 of with movies like taxi driver and region both. i went to meet him.

tom: so the golf courses is the number one golf course. that's our segway. jonathan: geopolitics, tension captured by one group teeing off thursday. talk to me about the significance of rory mcelroy and brooks the same group for the u.s. open on thursday. >> did you see the press room? the poor guy had questions at the press conference. he wonders who is working for, he wants clarity on who we work for and that's where the rubber meets the road. are you working for the saudi's or the pga? the commissioner of the pga says we are the majority shareholder year. we have control over what will happen next. i don't know. jonathan: what is the importance of saudi arabia being involved in american sports? it said that headlines and were aware of it but if you think about the significance of saudi arabia in the u.s. economy, it's already massive. they are the biggest refiner in this country. why don't we focus on those things. shouldn't that be a bigger concern? >> with technology, the saudi approach to sports is just is -- is to disrupt the test the existing infrastructure. think about major league baseball and college sports. then -- they can create a dream team if they get behind a u.s. universit