her son is all the family she has. >> the venice film festival is under way. phil lavelle is our man there. >> reporter: sun is out, stars are too, especially those trying to revive struggling careers in venice. case in point, michael keaton, his career is not lifeless, his characters is "birdman" is the tail of an actor who was a super hero and struggles to get past that past. this is the crowd puller. the winner, depending on what the jury thinks. anything could be the subject of a movie here at the venice film festival. and even the traffic. i'm not joking, that is what the winning film was about, a busy road. it seemingly came from nowhere, swooping under the critics noses and took the big prize, the golden lion on the last night. that is one of the things about the venice film festival. it has the red carpet. the tradition, but beneath the veneer is a fondness for edgy films, cinema that challenges the norms. supporters say it is that variety that makes that festival not 71 years old, but 71 years young. nevertheless, there are things that come up again a

that's one of the things about the venice film festival. yes, it has a red carpet and celebrities, and the tradition, but north underneath, there's a fondness for edgy films. and it's that variety that makes this festival not 71 one years old, but very much 71 years young. nevertheless, already also themes that come up again and again this year. war is one of them. we have lee marshall from screen international. tell us why war is so popular? >> well, screen writers need conflict to make good dramas, and we have to go into the war zone to find them. and it's a continuing trend that i don't think is going to stop any time soon. >> let's go to the jury, it's a big mix this year. what kind of things excite them. >> it's difficult to second guess, because as you say, it's a mixed bag this year. we have an indian writer, and french music composer, and it could go anywhere this year. >> i know critics don't like to be tied down at this stage, but give us a hint. who might take it this year. >> documentary won last year, and there's another compet

have you been to venice?nd applause ] it's like -- with the boats and the -- >> jimmy: they've never been to venice. who's been to hell, anybody? but with the boats and the buildings, it's like -- it's like somebody went on the it's a small world ride and said, this could be a city. we can make this a city. >> jimmy: you're right. i was in venice for one day once when i was in high school and there were so many mosquitos you could barely move, it was crazy. >> we were warned about the smell and the mosquitos but it was awesome. >> jimmy: you were there the whole time? >> only a couple of days but we were so excited. normally -- my wife and i are canadians and we were -- [ cheers and applause ] wow. have you actually been to canada? thanks. but we were so excited, we were sitting on the grand canal, with our friends, we're going, there's no roads, honey, there's no roads! we got shh'd. the waiter at the restaurant shh'd us. very embarrassing. we canadians don't get shh'd very often, we're not a loud people. >>

hand you back to martin. >> we are going to venice. you like venice. >> i love it. >> because the prestigious film festival is underway there. the top film makers vie for their top award and all of the acclaim that comes with it. our man on the red carpet is phil navell. >> sun is out. stars are, too, especially those trying to revile struggling careers here in venice the case in point, michael keeton. his career may not be lifeless but his character certainly is. birdman is the tale of an act who once played a super hero struggles to get past that part. this is the opening movie here at the venice festival. the winner? maybe. depends upon what the jury thinks. >> you know, anything can be the subject of a movie here at the venice film fest valve even the traffic. i am not channexaggerating of t that was what it was about, a busy road. it came seemingly from nowhere. it swooped under the critics' noses and took the big prize, the golden lion on the last night. >> that's one of the things about the venice film festival. it's got the red

lights, camera and action in venice. the italian's city's film festival gets under way. >> this year it's war and conflict. every year sends to be unofficial. this year a quarter of those in competition tell of war and conflict. it looks at the u.s. role and talks about a man who works as a remote drone operator which looks at genocide and there was a movie wit which tells the story through the eyes of a teacher. and a film of a true story, the only documentary being screened in competition with the venice film festival. some are touting that as the winner of the big prize here although venice is notoriously difficult to predict. it is probably the most difficult to predict because although it looks very traditional, glamorous, red carpet, pretty. beneath the very near there is this obsession with films that are slightly edgy. last year's winner, nobody saw it coming was an atoolan documentary. the first film to be shown is "bird man." the hollywood film starring michael keaton. critics are not particularly kind with tha

. >>> and i'm fill lavel in venice where the world's oldest film festival is getting underway.he big question, who will take the golden lion in ten day's time. ♪ >>> gaza and israel are enjoying the first day of a long-term ceasefire. both sides are claiming victory, but after 50 days of pain was it really a victory or did everyone come out of this worse off. 64 israeli soldiers and 6 civilians have been killed one a thai national. 2,142 palestinians were stilled that includes 579 children, and the u.n. says that almost three-quarters of the dead are civilians, and the cost of the damage to gaza has been estimated to be at least $6 billion u.s. dollars. jane ferguson has this report. >> reporter: in just 50 days much of gaza was destroyed. the morning after peace returned here, the dust was literally settling. 1.8 million gazans are now surveying the worst war damage they have experienced. reconstruction will take years and billions of dollars. it should be a boom time for this cement factory owner, but his business was badly hit. >> translator: first of all we have to rebuild

that is one of the things about the venice film festival. it has the red carpet. the tradition, but beneath the veneer is a fondness for edgy films, cinema that challenges the norms. supporters say it is that variety that makes that festival not 71 years old, but 71 years young. nevertheless, there are things that come up again and again. war is one of them. we have lee marshal from screen international. popular? >> well, screen writers need conflict to make good dramas, and where better to go than a war zone to find them. it's a continuing trend that i don't thing will stop soon. >> let's talk about the jury, it's a big mix. what things would excite that. >> difficult to second-guess, because as you say, it is a mixed bag this year. we have an indian writer, french music composer, it could go any way this year. >> i know critics don't like to be tied down. give us a hint. who do you think may take the golden lion. >> a documentary won. there's another in competition. a look of silence, a follow up to a documentary, the act of killing. in the mid'60s. i put my mon

this is the opening movie of the venice film festival. the winner maybe depends on what the jury thinks. >> anything can be the subject of a movie here, even the traffic. i'm not exaggerating or joking. that is what last year's winning film was about, a busy road. seemingly coming from nowhere, it swooped under the critics noses and took that big prize, the golden lion on the last night. that's one of the things about the venice film festival. it's got the red carpet, celebrities, the tradition, but beneath is a fondness for edgy films, cinema that challenges the norms. supporters say it is that which makes this festival not 71 years old, but 71 years young. there are themes that come up again and again. war is one of them. we've got lee marshall. tell us why war is to popular. >> screen writers need conflict to make good dramas and where better to go? >> it's a big mix this year. >> it really is a mixed bag this year. we've got an indian writer, french music composer. it could go anyway this year. >> i know critics don't like to be tied

it's been passed to venice.all of these movies are screened here at the ben i can't recally, and when the film wrap up, it's toronto, to be screened there. the festivals are fierce competitors, but there's a feeling they are reliant on each other. the reason - apparently there are not enough quality films to go around. it's a huge think all over the world. the good thing - i mean they are fewer and fewer. it's easier and cheaper. the qualities are not always the one we should expect. >> getting the stars on the red carpet gets the headlines and the cameras there, and that in turn attracts another person looking for screen time. >> politicians around the world realise they are great for promoting a city. >> it's not just about the filmsismism no, no, no, it's about putting a politician in front of a camera with a famous actor and director and saying we are bringing the best of the world for you. that's what we are using the money for. >> with 3,000 film festivals held, numbers appear to be growing, not falling. t

reports now from venice. >> the sun is out, and the stars are too, especially those trying to revivetruggling careers here, case in point, michael keaton, his career may not be lifeless, but his character certainly is. >> the tail of an actor who once played a purer hero now struggles to guest past. this is the movie here, the crowd puller. but the winner, maybe. depends on what the jury thinks. you know anything can be the subject of a movie. even the traffic. a busy road. seemingly came from nowhere. it swept right under the critic's noses and it took that big prize, the golden lion on the last night. that's one of the things about the venice film festival, yes, it has the red carpet, blue skies celebrities the tradition, but beneath that, there is this real fondness for edgy films, for cinema that challenges. and it is supposed to say that variety that makes this not 71 years old, but very much 71 years young. there are themes that come up again and again, tell us why war is so popular with the festival? well, screen quiters need conflict to make good drama, and where to go -- i d

tim lavell, al jazeera at the venice film festival. >> i'm richelle carey.talk to al jazeera" is next. for more go to aljazeera.com. om. >> they taught me to call it a good day. >> civil rights activist dick gregory has been calling attention to race relations in the u.s. for decades. but the shooting death of a young black man on the streets of ferguson, missouri, is evidence, he says, that a strong white-black divide still exists in america. >> this used to be a down that was mostly whi

he is in venice with two films this year. pacino plays a reclusive locksmith subsisting about the long-lost love the once abandoned. the second picture is a mixture , drifted and tragedy by barry levinson. it casts him as a winning actor, pinning his hopes on a young woman. is a film about aging, respect, and letting go. in both of these roles, he plays in bitter man looking back on their lives, but when he considers his own past, the actor himself as more positive. >> i don't know that i feel regrets because i feel very lucky. like all of us, i had issues as a youngster and had to overcome things, and i feel that i found something in life that i love to do. us, anyone who finds it, and i've been writing a long time. so far, the plane is not landing yet. >> despite his 74 years, al pacino has lost none of his passion for acting. his fans can hope for many more great performances yet. >> it is good to know the plane is not landing for al pacino. thank you for joining us here at the journal. stay with "deutsche welle" if you ca

>> reporter: venice is really, really difficult to predict. that's because you look at it, it looks traditional, red carpet, blue sky celebrities, but there is a real fondness for films that are slightly edgy. look at last year's winner, it came from nowhere, and swooped right under the noses of the critics and took the top prize. it was a documentary, and it took the top prize. and because of that, people are very reluctanreluctant. the top film tonight is "bird man." this film is about a movie star who once played a hollywood superhere you and can no longer get past that role. it is unusual that the big hollywood blockbusters take the prize here. the look at indonesian genocide that is expected to do very well. but there are films about people who lost their homes in the u.s. economic meltdown. there is a film about pigeons sitting on a branch surveying the people below. so there are a lot of films to be watched and a lot of people walking that red carpet. >> all right. phil thank you. >>> coming up on the al jazeera news hour: >> translator

. >> i'm at the venice film festival. where there is talk of war and it's dominating the competition. find out why. >> and the nfl gets tough on domestic violence. robin is standing by with the details later in sports. >> hello again. the top stories. prime minister has told al jazeera that the political process is on track despite a military coup. soldiers in the capitol have surrounded the police headquarters and the prime ministers' residents. >> an earlier decision to commute the death sentence of the spiritual leader of the muslim brotherhood. it's the second time that they have rejected a court-imposed death sentence. >>> u.n. peace keepers have come under attack in the golan heights. among the force of 1200 troops who monitor the line between the israeli-occupied area and syrian-held area of the golan heights. >>> more on syria now and the refugee crisis called by the country's civil war. argentina has one of the largest well established syrian communities in latin mar america. we have reports from buenos aires. >>

. >> i'm phil lavelle at the venice film festival, where there's talks of war and it is dominating the competition. find out why, shortly. >>> hello. the highest religious authority in egypt upheld a decision to commute the death sentence of the religious header of the muslim brotherhood. it's the second time a court-imposed death sentence was imposed on mohamed badie. he was one of thousands arrested in a crackdown following the removal of a president. in april he was sentenced to death, along with 180 others for the murder and attempted murder of a policeman. the ruling was upheld by the grand mufti in jooup. saturday's ruling relates to another case. mohamed badie was sentenced to death again on the charges of murder and firearms. let's bring in the any director of the egyptian commission for rights and freedom. give us your initial reactions on this? >> this is good new, we have doubts about the trials of the leaders of the muslim brotherhood, and it is good news that they have - that the penalty has not been the sentence. some of the gsts in the case you mentioned in absentia. the

. >>> and i'm at the venice film festival. one of thousands of festivals taking place across world.o why is there a shortage in movies? find out later in the program. >>> nato and european union leaders have stepped up their confrontation over russia. they criticized russia's continued denial in itself involvement saying it is no doubt it has sent weapons and troops into ukraine. they accused russia of an invasion. the u.n. says the intense fighting means on average 36 people are dying every day. almost 2,600 people have been killed since the unrest spread to the east of ukraine in april. russian separatists are now in control of large parts of eastern ukraine, including the areas of luhansk and donetsk. they have also taken a coastal town. it is feared they are trying to create a land corridor between russia and the annexed region of crimea. the u.n. says these are the areas where the separatists are getting help from russia. let's just check whether or not we can get to paul beban. paul, can you hear me? no, clearly having a few problems with our link to the east of ukraine, but h

. >>> well, venice is a nice town too, but it's seen more than a dozen property crimes recently. recently, a man bumped right into a particular while he was wearing nothing more than his birthday suit. >> the sliding glass door -- this time i realized that he's got a laptop in his hands. as soon as he gets this door open, i came out and grabbed him from behind and gave him like a bear hug. >> and you're naked the whole time? >> i'm naked the whole time, so it's a little awkward. >> reporter: this awkward situation in venice, california. this happened yesterday after mitch kirsch got up to use the bathroom. kirsch forced the man to drop the computer, and then instead of calling the cop, kirsch just let the burglar go, saying he didn't want to hold on to him for ten minutes without any clothes on. >>> still ahead, cheerleaders forced to hang up their pom-poms. coming up, the unlikely pose that this gang of girls in hot water. >>> is and in fact, here's a live look at at&t park. much of the noise of that concert due to the low cloud cover. the giants are wrapping up a three-game ser

you can find out more about what is going on in venice, where 19 films are premiering. you weren't thinking about the import-export bank. it's a small government agency that tells you blendy about how government works in 2014, and it's the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. fights in washington often involve big binary questions about the future. axis, war and peace, healthcare. some washington fights go on below the public radar but carry with them the ability to explain a lot about how the u.s. government works and how the tug-of-war between the political schools of thought go on. we'll look at the debate over the export credit agency, the export-import bank of the united states. what it's for, how it works, and whether it should continue to exist at all. >> more small businesses are selling their goods abroad more than ever before. nearly 300,000 last year alone. we should be doing everything we can to excel rate this process, not stall it. >> a little known washington agency topped president obama's weekly address saturday. the bank provides loans and insurance

. >>> and i'm phil la vel at the venice film festival.ne of thousands of film festivals taking place across the world. so why is there a shortage of movies? find out later in the program. >>> starting the news hour with developments out of ukraine, nato's secretary general says there is no doubt that russia is goved in operations inside ukraine. >> russia continues to supply the separatists with tanks, armored vehicles, artillery, and rocket launchers. russia has fired on ukraine from post russian territory and within ukraine itself. moreover, russia continues to maintain thousands of combat ready troops close to ukraine's borders. >> nato's release satellite imagery claims evidence of russia artillery on ukrainian soil, and of a russian military column on the move. >>> on the ground in ukraine, rebelling fighting in the east have said that they will open humanitarian corridors to allow ukrainians troops encircled civilians to withdraw. ukrainian government leaders say that this is proof that the separatists are directly control intereste

. >> they love recycling here in venice. even when it comes to the world of movies. just look at the film festival jewelry. thershe won an award at cannes only a few months back. andifferent festivals, different jobs, but the same faces. >> it really does seem to be playing the same hand at the festivals this year. for example, this film was first chosen at the berlin festival, now it's being passed to venice. likewise all of these movies have been screened here, and when this festival wraps up at the end of next week they'll be passed to toronto and screened there. remember all these festivals are fierce competitors yet there is this increasing feeling they're becoming every more reliant on each other. they are are not enough quality films to go around. >> there is a huge film production all over the world. but the quality is not always the one that we should respect. >> getting the stars on the red carpet for headlines gets the cameras there, that in turn attracts another type of person looking for screen time. >> politicians around the world have realized that the

gerri: you said around venice, right? >> near venice. veneto region on of italy.his is just to the east. gerri: you've got raspberries here. you've got chocolate here. what else would you eat with prosecco? >> you could have desserts, entrees, appetizers by itself. it goes well with -- whoo. >> very nice. i just wanted to see if i could do that. >> fantastic, yes. gerri: your third is altaneve. >> yes i know a little bit about that one. gerri: tell us about it. >> it is the highest quality prosecco in italy. we grow the grapes on the steep foothills of the italian dolemite mountains. gerri: you do? >> we have wonderful mineralty to our wine and floral bouquet you can't find in others. ours is also unblended. >> unblended, what does that mean? >> 100% grapes. champagne would be, if it is 100% chardonnay, our is 100%. the others are blended. gerri: how do get out the word, selling the prosecco champagne? how do they find out about this? >> prosecco in ancient rome was called pucino wine. gerri: what? >> pucino. it was augustus's favorite wine in 2030 bc. in the 16 h

audiences praised it at the venice film festival and elsewhere. in 2011, he found out that the syrian government had arrested many of his film maker colleagues. he thought he would be arrested. he asked samawi for help and fled to dubai. >> sometimes i feel guilty because i have a lot of friends that cannot go outside syria. this is why i feel guilty. >> reporter: al beik is working on a feature film. it tells the story of the life of a syrian painter over the past three years. he feels it's his responsibility to tell the world about the situation in syria. >> i feel my art and my films, it's the key to opening a new window, new door, new future. this is why i'm working. >> reporter: even in exile, these artists keep their homeland in their hearts. they continue their fight to keep syrian art alive. akira saheki, nhk world, dubai. >>> they're looking into unresolved problems at the fuel collar plant. what they found has changed their understanding of what's happening inside. two years ago, members of the government panel releeszed their final repo

in california it's essentially if you went to venice beach is notorious you could look at the long list of ailments and they will tell you what to complain about and he will meet with the recommendations in a few minutes so essentially it's become a very easy environment in which to obtain, essentially legal access to marijuana. but the legalization of marijuana and that commercial legalization is different from medical marijuana and that it really allows the production and sale of marijuana for nonmedical use, for recreational use. in the book i describe medical marijuana in detail and my concerns about medical marijuana according to the california model where really they -- these doctors have made a fuss. there are some people who have serious medical issues who are turning to marijuana for relief. they turn out to be a tiny percentage of the total number of medical marijuana users. about 5% have what we would consider diagnosable reason for carrying a medical marijuana card. the rest are probably people who enjoy amusing -- enjoyed using marijuana. as i said i'm in favor of legalizat

from the lifeguards 120 rescues and many benches we have probably frequented including 36 rescues in venice and 30 in santa monica. marie is moving to the southwest and as she weakens so do the back coming our way. 45 miles per hour wind with gusts up to 60 miles per hour and the waves are still hitting in the south especially around los angeles and san diego up to 20' through tomorrow at 6:00. you can see the breeze is going to weaken in that same timeframe. if you head to the south watch out for 10 or 15' waves and up to 20'. now the swells are extended another day coming from the southeast at 6' to 8'. >> thank you. we have a lot more ahead including a visit to the pay area by former secretary of state, hillary clinton, with the high-tech reason she is here. >> plus see something, say something, a new way for bart riders to report a crime without having to call >> woman died at bumping man festival after being run over by a bus. the deadly accident is being investigated. according to the log she fell under the bus and is not being identified until the next of kin is notified. this is not

lightning strikes killed one person and injured several others caught offguard in venice beach. this morning a storm dumped rain on a bicycle race through the san bernardino mountains. some cyclists had to be treated for hypothermia. >> here in the bay area, little relief for areas dealing with the recent triple digit temperatures. abc7 meteorologist frances dinglasan has a look at live doppler 7hd. >> good evening. we saw the clouds move in and the sea breeze kick in, and that brought temperatures down. with live doppler 7hd, still see the clouds at the coast. they'll fill in overnight. look at the highs today. antioch, 94. liver mark 89. yesterday, livermore was 102. san jose, 7 5. yesterday, 82. so, we did drop by double digits in terms of high temperatures in certain parts of the area, and i'll let you know if that trend will continue for tomorrow. matt? >> thanks. the aisler fire strike by a lightning strike has exploded to more than 7,000 acres. fire is burning in the thousand lakes wilderness area in hassen national for rest. governor jerry brown secured assistance throug

audiences praised it at the venice film festival and elsewhere. in 2011 al beik found out that the syrian government d arrested many of his film maker colleagues. he thought he would be arrested if he remained. he asked samawi for help and fled to dubai. >> sometimes i feel guilty because i -- there is a lot of friends, they the not go outside syria. this is what i -- why i feel guilty. >> reporter: al beik is working on a feature film. it tells the life of a syrian painter over the past three years. al beik feels it's his responsibility to tell the world about the situation in syria. >> i think my art and my films, it's the key to open a new window, a new door, a new future. this is why i'm working. >> reporter: even in exile, these artists keep their homeland in their hearts. as they continue their quiet fight to keep syrian art alive. akira saheki, nhk world, dubai. >>> it's time for a check of the weather. mai shoji joins us with the latest. >> it is the typhoon season and we have one typhoon coming our way directly heading toward okinawa. it

until then a lot of people walking the red carpet, films to be screens and fingers crossed here in venice. >> just a reminder you can keep up to date with all of the news on our website, it's aljazeera.com. ♪ you're in the stream. don't send your kid to the ivy league. why elite colleges, according to a guest, don't measure up. >>> a budding movement that spreads to more states? and later, the department of education has found an interesting demographic trend that could change the way schools operate. >> my co-host and digital producer wajahat ali is here. >> as you know, i was rejected from all the ivy leagues in undergrad and grad school. i'm not bitter. now they pay me on speaking to their schools, how the internet is clear. doug, a former yaleie, is is a great advantage however for a joint like yale in that it steals a confidence. perhaps an arrogance that serves one later. my son is going to uva, fantastic public school and where i went to dprad school and now hgrad school andit's no coio go there. >> universities are often considered the holy grail of higher ed. staffs back that up.

symbol of what papers are calling "the degradation of italy's holiday resorts," happening in rome and venice. what's funny is it is happening in spain. there was outrage after tourists went streaking in barcelona. >> i love this emergency landing in the u.s. >> emergency landings are never funny, but this one is pretty funny. sunday, a united airlines flight from newark to denver was forced to diver to chicago after a fight broke out between two -- chicago after a fight broke out between two passengers over leg room. a lot of people have almost gotten into fights over this issue. >> thank you so much. sports now starts with the tennis news from the u.s. open. >> we start with tennis and roger federer darted his quest for an 18th grand slam title with a laborious, straight sets win over matosevic to ease into the second round of the year's final grand slam event. zumhur.moved past d simonsimons -- gilles survived into the second round, as did richard gasquet, but it wasn't a stroll in the park. >> it was physically difficult out there for me. even harder in the second set. to win the first tw

that is one of the things about the venice film festival. it has the red carpet. the tradition, but beneath the veneer is a fondness for edgy films, cinema that challenges the norms. supporters say it is that variety that makes that festival not 71 years old, but 71 years young.

beach were warned to stay out of the water because of isolated thunderstorms like we had last week in venice beach in l.a. where the lightning injured a number of people and killed one. >> sure. they had to be grateful for some of those raindrops. it's not been so tough for the entire state of california. rob mayeda is watching that closely. how much did they get? >> enough to measure about less than a tenth of an inch of rain but it's interesting. much of southern california under flash flood watches. we'll show you that in a moment. the bay area seeing high clouds drifting in and temperatures in the low 60s with low clouds pushed inland be a strong sea breeze which drops our temperatures about 10 to 15 degrees today. we'll see about the same temperatures tomorrow. upper 80s at best in those inland valleys. the morning starting off the low clouds and high clouds increasing during the day and unlike today we'll see a mixed bag of mid and high-level clouds and we're having to add a few showers, possible late in the day and perhaps a better chance as we go to monday and tuesday. all the action

lightning strikes killed one person and injured several others caught offguard in venice beach. this morning a storm dumped rain on a bicycle race through the san bernardino mountains. some cyclists had to be treated for hypothermia. >> here in the bay area, little relief for areas dealing with the recent triple digit temperatures. abc7 meteorologist frances dinglasan has a look at live doppler 7hd. >> good evening. we saw the clouds move in and the sea breeze kick in, and that brought temperatures down. with live doppler 7hd, still see the clouds at the coast. they'll fill in overnight. look at the highs today. antioch, 94. liver mark 89. yesterday, livermore was 102. san jose, 7 5. yesterday, 82. so, we did drop by double digits in terms of high temperatures in certain parts of the area, and i'll let you know if that trend will continue for tomorrow. matt? >> thanks. the aisler fire strike by a lightning strike has exploded to more than 7,000 acres. fire is burning in the thousand lakes wilderness area in hassen national for rest. governor jerry brown secured assistance throug

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let me show you my christmas card it is a to the we took of my family in venice, thought it would bestmas card. after we printed them, we realized this, zoom in, that's franco on an ad in the background. (applause) you're the franco that stole christmas. >> that's it. >> as if i had any say that my picture would go up in san marco. >> stephen: no exactly, you have to-- take some responsibility for what you do to the world. >> well, great seeing you again man. >> wait, no. >> stephen: we got to go. >> you are i enjoy t i enjoy it,. >> we'll see you on the new show. >> stephen: what? >> are you going to go democrat when you go to this new show. >> stephen: now here's the interesting thing, i don't know what the [bleep] you're talking about james franco, child of god. we'll be right back crispy grooves. what ya got there? oh, cheez-it grooves. it's a cheez-it, but it's light and crispy like a chip, kinda the best of both worlds. there's more than one world? no. it's just this world- they're among us disguised as humans? you're one of them! ok. no... security! it's the best of both world

as with most towns on the adriatic, it was long ruled by nearby venice and retains its venetian flavorin fact, the town is officially bilingual -- slovene and italian. today the square is enjoyed by visitors and locals of all generations, savoring the good life where the slavic world, the alps, and the mediterranean all come together. company, going home with maya angelou. >> is that all the size of the bridge? we lived with our grandmother and uncle in the rear of the store. these little white kids would come in and call her annie. it was terrifying that this great powerful woman, who was my protection, couldn't protect herself. >> announcer: funding is provided by -- anne gumowitz, encouraging the renewal of democracy. carnegie corporation of new york, supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and security at carnegie.org. the ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. the herb alpert foundation,

we found sale signs sprouting up galore in the venice park neighborhood. that's where residents are planning to fight a property tax increase. they say home values together with prices will undoubtedly fall with the casino closures. alma johnson says it will be a terrible seller's market. but perhaps great buyers market right now. >> what about the young people who have, you know, managed to buy a home, have mortgages, have the same flood insurance, the same this, the same that that i have? >> atlantic city sales are up. our single-family home sales have surpassed last year, 2013 already. and it's a pretty good number. it's in the hundreds. >> mr. moore tells us condo sales have also already surpassed the number sold last year. and there are still more than four months left in 2014. meanwhile, one new jersey state senator wants to put slot machines at the state's four horse rate rayesing tracks. under the plan, a consortium of casinos would run the new machines. some of the profits would go to the state government, and that money would go to fund atlantic

as with most towns on the adriatic, it was long ruled by nearby venice and retains its venetian flavor in fact, the town is officially bilingual -- slovene and italian. today the square is enjoyed by visitors and locals of all generations, savoring the good life where the slavic world, the alps, and the mediterranean all come together. ♪ >>> this week on "moyers & company," award winning actor and writer, john lithgow as king lear. >> this is an interesting moment. i just entered into that window where you can play lear. when you're old enough to play him, and you're young enough to play him. 'cause you have to have the strength to play the part, and yet you have to have some sense of impending old age. >> announcer: funding is provided by -- anne gumowitz, encouraging the renewal of democracy. carnegie corporation of new york, supporting innovations in education, democratic ent of international peace and security at carnegie.org. the ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. the herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations whose

humanitarian aid was dispatching venice oil and poles to weaken and peruvian young people to cuba hoping to provoke a revolution in their young latinos often posed as tourists they traveled across the country and recruited people whom they believe they could turn into political activists a form administrator with a venezuelan over the station who participated in this effort said it was no safety net for these inexperienced workers if they were caught by cuban authorities so the spying program involving the use when don't even after the scandalous arrest the felon gloss in two thousand and nine who worked as a sup contractor the usa is now serving a fifteen year sentence in cuba the u.s. trying to foment on wednesday in cuba is nothing new of course but this latest investigation by the associated press reveals how humanitarian aid programs were used to that end such as an aid the prevention workshop in memo so paint by the a.p.'s label this quote unquote the perfect excuse for the program's political goals the u.s. government actually is they are hiding the fact that some of their program

we found for sale signs sprouting up in ac's venice park neighborhood.hey said their home value together with prices will fall with the casino's closing. alma johnson tell us it will be a terrible seller's market but could be a great buyer's market right now. >> what about the young people who have, you know, managed to buy homes and have mortgages, have the same flood insurance, the same this, the same that that i have. >> atlantic city sales are up. single family home sales have surpassed last year, 2013, already and it's a pretty good number. it's in the hundreds. >> he went on to say that condo sales in 2014 have topped the number sold during all of last year. >>> six philadelphia youth groups have received some money from a swim club discrimination settlement. a justice department investigation found that the valley club in huntington valley was hostile to minority children during visits arranged by their day care back in 2009. the valley club filed for bankruptcy and closed following the lawsuit. the youth groups will share only $65,000 of the $1.1