this is the ninth time wes anderson has worked with bill murray.e stars as the editor of a provincial magazine somewhere in france. it's all shot in the southwest city in france. it's a series of vignettes, these extension -- eccentric writers, preparing pieces for the magazine. they seem to center on astronomy, evan card painting. -- avante garde painting. it is a love letter to french culture, very stylish as always with wes anderson films. certainly one that will be successful in cinemas if not a big prizewinner. >> fantastic stuff. the palm d'or. a glut of cinema this year, as ever, i'd expect at cannes. there are additional premiers with nothing at stake in terms of awards but in terms of the prestige, being there. must be a great thing. olivia: absolutely. these are high-profile directors unveiling to work. you have work from andrea arnold, hayes and oliver stone. oliver stone is presenting a documentary in that section, cannes premiers called "j revisited 0-- jfk revisited." he made a drama starring kevin costner. it is centered on conspirac

there's the new wes anderson film, the french dispatch, which like every wes anderson tells, just packed with stars. timothy charlemagne told us with bill murray all who are expect to be here on the right carpet behind me for that for the premier. so really looking forward to that movie and then cancel was great for having a scandal film, and i'm hoping this year that's going to be been detail, which is the new film from basic instinct director, paul, for whom. and it's a true life, lesbian. nun thriller from the middle ages based in the middle ages. so obviously lots pull up there will see if it's as scandalous as everyone thinks it might be. or as i hope it will be. but those at least are 2 of the films that i've been waiting for now for almost over a year. now. a true life, lesbian, none thriller, there's a sentence that ever. so i'd say on international news. but it will serious note some of the major news today that has been as of american filmmakers, richard donna, no real connection with can, but he leaves quite a legacy. no, i mean can, of course is known for celebration of art h

we have a situation in the united states, anderson, where we have more vaccine than we need.for everyone and anyone who needs it. and there are places in the world where people would do anything to get vaccine. and yet, we have a substantial proportion of people in very specific regions of the country who just do not want to get vaccinated despite the fact that we have a significant threat, as you mentioned in the piece, from a virus that has a greater degree of capability of spreading from person to person, no doubt about that. we have seen that in multiple countries. actually can cause more severe disease. so if ever there was a reason to get vaccinated, this is it. >> the israeli government released a statement yesterday saying that it found a drop in protection from the fpfizer vaccine and linked it to the spread of the delta variant. the pfizer vaccine provided 64% protection against all protections. 93% efficacy in preventing severe disease and hospitalization, as you indicated earlier. 93 is a high number. when i saw this headline, i got very concerned. then once you r

i think we will learn something here, anderson, about breakthrough infections. right? let me show you what's going on with testing in the united states. the cdc now says if you have been vaccinated unless you have symptoms you don't have to be tested. so as a result overall testing has come down close to 80%. since end of last year. we don't know what breakthrough infections are. here in the olympic village because of the olympics they are testing everybody. i got tested in 96 hours, 72 hours, tested again in when i landed, just got tested again. i am not surprised we are seeing the cases. the question is are those people going to develop symptoms. the focus has been on eliminating false/negatives. a doctor in charge of putting these protocols together, here is how he described it. >> the absolute priority is reducing false/negatives. that puts people at risk because people in the village who might be infected who don't know it. but also we don't want false/positives because that means an athlete training for seven or eight risks being excluded. for a test that

as we were talking about, they were going 2300 miles per hour. by the time this thing lands, anderson, it's going to be going 1 to 2 miles per hour, and that air cushion underneath is really going to just make it that much more of a comfortable landing. but we are about to see this thing land, and those astronauts, i cannot wait to hear about this journey and to hear what their experience was like. >> miles o'brien, as you're watching this, this is extraordinary just how short this entire adventure was. >> yeah, and it's -- but it's still kind of scary, anderson. you know, when you're talking about rockets -- [ cheers and applause ] >> welcome back to earth. congratulations to all of you. >> very happy. >> it worked so great. to everybody who made this possible, thank you. >> oliver, it is so much. it was amazing. >> copy. we are very happy here as well. let's do a status check. astronaut oliver. >> copy. astronaut demo. >> astronaut demo. >> astronaut demo, i am unbelievably good. >> copy. >> to control, bezos, best day ever. >> yeah. >> copy, everyone. go ahead and remain in your se

they're going to be released here this year, and 2 of them, i really am excited to see there's wes anderson's new film. so sort of quirky us movie called the french dispatch packed with stars. tilda swinton timothy shallow may bill murray. elizabeth mos hopefully will all be here on the red carpet. really excited to see that and then can, is always great for having scandal, movies and hoping this year that's going to be been detail which is a new film from peralta hoover. and you might know as the director of a basic instinct, this film is a period movie about lesbian nuns in the medieval france. so obviously a lot to like there, i'm hoping it's gotta be just as shocking as everyone expects to be. the w got rock bro, back in can thank you. some sports now formula, one's australian ground free has been cancelled for the 2nd consecutive year last year's race and march with scratch the last minute the panoramic started to take hold this year's contest and melbourne was shifted from its usual season, opening spot late november. but the formula one and we'll now have to wait until next year as wel

hollywood needed a bus to discharge the numerous stars of wes anderson's the french dispatch onto thet make for a total american invasion. try to make it sound like you wrote it that way on purpose. the movie, an anderson take on french culture, staring many of its usual star choices, but also including young american actor timothee chalamet, is set at a french newspaper in the fictional city of ennui, the french word for boredom. it was due to premiere at cannes in 2020 and returned for its delayed world premiere this year. cannes is very much a french film festival this year for obvious reasons to do with travel, but catching the odd glimpse of a hollywood star on the famous red carpet announces to the world that cinema is back. or at least it hopes it is. matt damon there for the action thriller stillwater, which gets a cinema release in august, said cannes had reminded him of what a big screen experience could feel like. i'm really glad that we are here this year. after watching things on television for two years just about, to be in a room with a thousand other people, i never wo

and 2 of them, i really am excited to see there's wes anderson, new film. so a sort of quirky us movie called the french dispatch packed with stars told us whitton timothy, shall m a bill, murray. elizabeth mos hopefully will all be here on the red carpet. really excited to see that and then can, is always great for having scandal movies and i'm hoping this year that's going to be been detail, which is a new film from paul for whom you might know as the director of a basic instinct. this film is a period movie about a lesbian nuns in the medieval france. so obviously a lot to like there, i'm hoping it's gotta be just as shocking as everyone expects it to be. the w. got rock bro, back in can. thank you. well, the pandemic has forced the cancellation of formula ones, australian grand prix for the 2nd consecutive here, last year's race. and march was cancelled last minute. as the pandemic started to take hold. this years raised in melbourne was shifted from its usual season, opening spot to late november. but all the formula one fans will now have to wait unti

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even after all that reporting we just laid out, what don't we have, anderson? hat operation. what we do have, though, is what very much appears to be a coordinated effort to keep some of those people who are seeking the truth from finding it. >> hmm. matt rivers, i appreciate it. thanks. >>> up next. tom barrack, who headed the former president's inaugural committee, entered a plea today in federal court to accusations of illegal foreign lobbying. details, ahead. dives. to 3-on 3s... 2-on-2s... and 1-on-1s. at aspen dental, we see all the moments that make us smile so we make it easy to share your smile with convenient, total care - all in one place. and flexible hours that work with your life. right now, new patients get a complete exam and x-rays — free without insurance, and everyone saves 20% on their treatment plan. welcome back to life's best moments. call 1-800-aspendental or book online today. >> jess: at safelite, we have service the way you need it. when you have a cracked windshield, schedule safelite's drop and go service. just drop off the car and k

hollywood needed a bus to discharge the numerous stars of wes anderson's the french dispatch onto the'stal american invasion. tn; for a total american invasion. try to make it _ for a total american invasion. t"; to make it sound like you wrote it that way on purpose. the to make it sound like you wrote it that way on purpose.— to make it sound like you wrote it that way on purpose. the movie, and anderson take _ that way on purpose. the movie, and anderson take on _ that way on purpose. the movie, and anderson take on french _ that way on purpose. the movie, and anderson take on french culture, - anderson take on french culture, telling many of its usual style choices but also including timothee chalamet, it was set in a french village named after the word of boredom. cannes is very much a french film festival this year for obvious reasons are due to travel, but catching the odd glimpse of a hollywood star on the famous red carpet announces that the world that cinema is back. 0r carpet announces that the world that cinema is back. or at least it hopes it is. matt damon there for the ac

and wes anderson's the french dispatch.e. >> the lockdowns that game the safety measures, everyone is really hoping that this cannes will be a off point, a reentry back into the world for the whole film. >> they're hoping it will be unlike any other. strict safety and health measures will be in place. that means stars won't be exchanging kisses and hugs. although frags lifted its coronavirus mask ordinances and curfew in june, festival attendees will have to wear masks indoors. testing centers have sprung up. guests will spit into tubes and those who can't provide negative covid tests will be turned away. the usual glamorous parties will be scaled down. all in an effort to keep moviegoers and festival attendees safe. >> translator: well there is no situation with zero risk but generally it is safer to go see a film at the festival than to go shopping at the supermarket. >> many businesses are relying on the festival to help them. >> we missed it in terms of finances, too. we won't lie. we're thrilled. we remained positive s

we know on that? >> that's right, anderson. colleagues we learned the prosecutors have this evidence but the case didn't move forward. and what's not clear is did it not move forward because they knew, the u.s. attorney at the time, richard donohue, didn't support it or was it because he did something to intentionally stall that case? we also know then attorney general bill barr wasn't a fan of these illegal lobbying cases. so it's unclear if the inspector general is going to take this up, but i think you can expect both sides of this case, anderson, pto be arguing there are politics at play. >> elliot, it's a lot of money. have you seen an amount like this for bail, 250 million bond, $5 million in cash? >> i've never seen an amount like that but i've also never seen anyone with foreign registration. and look, this is a remarkable case, anderson. let's step back and let's look at what the law is. there are two reasons why people are detained prior to their trials. either they're a danger to the community or they're a significant

there's the new wes anderson film, the french dispatch, which like every west anderson field, was just packed with stars. timothy shall m a tilda, swinton bill murray. all who are expect to be here on the right carpet behind me for that for the premier. so really looking forward to that movie and then cancel was great for having a scandal film, and i'm hoping this year that's going to be been detail, which is the new film from basic instinct director, paul, for whom. and it's a true life, lesbian, none thriller from the middle ages based in the middle ages. so obviously lat pull up there will see if it's as scandalous as everyone thinks it might be, or as i hope it will be. but those at least are 2 of the films that i've been waiting for now for almost over a year. now. a true life, lesbian, nun thriller as a sentence that ever so i'd say on international news. i don't know what it will. serious note. some of the major news today that has been as of american, so make it richard donna. no real connection with con, but he leaves quite a legacy. no, i mean can, of course is known for cele

we just don't know what those are. but it is significant, certainly. and could indicate, anderson, that we are at the end of this investigation. >> shimon prokupecz, appreciate the update. thanks. >>> up next, we ever breaking news from los angeles. what county officials there are saying about a new-mask mandate. this as a stark warning today from the u.s. surgeon general about how vaccine misinformation, sometimes, accidental, sometimes intentional, is a serious threat to public health. all that, coming up. no, he's not in his room. ♪ dad, why didn't you answer your phone? your mother loved this park. ♪ she did. show me the olympics. ♪ "bugler's dream" begins playing ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> breaking news from los angeles, tonight, where the top-county health official is saying a mask mandate will be reimposed beginning at midnight saturday due to a rise in covid cases and hospitalizations. the positivity rate in l.a. county has risen to nearly 4% from a little over 1%, a month ago. now, the mandate means that residents will be required to wear masks inside, even if they have been vacci

we know that earlier this week the department of veterans affairs was the first to require vaccines for staff. but anderson for health care staff. and now the white house had kind of been hinting that they were going in this direction. so we do expect on thursday when president biden is addressing the pandemic and what's been going on lately with the delta variant he's going to say that all federal employees must get vaccinated or submit to rigorous testing. and the details of this are still a little unclear, how is that going to work, how will it work for federal employees who are not based here in washington or instead throughout the country. but this is going to be the new guidelines coming and it is driven by the delta variant and the concerns that the white house has about staff not getting vaccinated. because right now it's not even required here at the white house and there are some staffers that aren't vaccinated. so that is going to be the path that they are working on. and in addition to that we should note that white house staffers regardless of vaccination status are also having to mask up here

. >> this summer, from the wonderfully predictable mind of director wes anderson, comes the story of a privileged white guy in a slim fitting suit. >> my name is jared kushner. >> who married into an eccentric, well-off family. but the divisive, narcissistic patriarch, and quirky in-laws with sad father issues, with lots of creepy, symmetrical shots and an awkward, incestuous love triangle. ♪ "the jared kushner chronicles: fellowship of the tactical vest." [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: well, i'll go see that, you know? why is joe exotic selling weed and this guy isn't? his name is kush-ner for god's sake. [ laughter ] baseball is back. you know, about half the stadiums are allowing capacity crowds now with more to come this weekend. and i'd like to congratulate eight time all-star and three-time cy young award winner pedro martinez, who tonight unwittingly threw out the unintentional joke of the day right down the center of the plate. >> guess what, it's my game and i dictate how i want my balls to be rubbed up. [ laughter ] if you do a good job of rubbing the balls the way i wan

what we really need to do, anderson, we need the full approval process for the pfizer biontech and moderna and j&j vaccine. this has been dragging on, and it's become actually an obstacle in the talking point now for the far right, you know, that want to try to make the claims that these vaccines are experimental or not safe. that's the biggest priority. >> yeah. >> and then we can work out the booster with the fda and cdc at a later time. >> well, let me ask you that. because at what poimnt do you think a booster would be needed? initially i think they said six to ten months or eight to ten months. if people got vaccinated in april, which is when more people were able to get vaccinated, that would push a booster to when, sometime in the fall? >> yeah. the issue is we haven't really, we've not really seen strong evidence of declining immunity. in part, because we don't have the best mark errers for it. even if you see a decline in app antibody, you still have memory b-cells, memory c-cells. the cdc just came out with data showing that 99 point something percent of deaths are in the unvacci

but all of that information, anderson, what doesn't it have? a motive. wehey did it, we're still not being given those answers. >> and you're learning more i understand about plans for a presidential funeral. >> yeah, this has been a big open question for a while. we did learn today that the official funeral for the president will take place in the northern part of the country a week from now. that'll be next friday. we also know the first lady who remember was injured in this assassination of her husband, she's been recovering in a hospital in miami, she's going to be coming back for that funeral. one quick thing, anderson, it'll be interesting to see there haven't been very many protests yet perhaps in part because of the fact this funeral hasn't taken place. we've been talking to some people on the island who think maybe that's out of respect that funeral hasn't taken place yet, but there's a political vacuum here. when that happens in haiti there could be protests. that's what we're going to be looking out for once this presidential funeral wraps up goi

here we are, suddenly it is becoming more real and it is an important milestone, i think, anderson, alongay, as we look toward broadening access to space. and that has all kinds of possibilities, not just for the exploration of space, but for -- >> and there you see -- miles, we're seeing jeff bezos and his brother mark as well as wally lamb. they are just leaving the -- oliver, the 18-year-old, oliver damon as well. it's basically corrugated sheds. this is a very desolate area, very remote area. they have built up this place over the last 20 years or so, but it's pretty bare bones as things go. they're going to be now taking that vehicle, driving over to the launch site itself where they climb into the launch tower. i'm sorry, miles, for interrupting. continue, please. >> no, i just -- the point i was trying to make, anderson, there's been so much talk and controversy, whatever you want to say, about the billionaire race into space. but it's important to look at this in the broader context of making space cheaper, more accessible, more routine. there are all kinds of things that could co

now, anderson, we know a lot of people say that, right?hey realize they really just don't have the resources to defend themselves against the justice department. and they wind up having to cooperate. but here, i -- i think we've established that mr. barrack, certainly, has the resources to fight. not sure if he'll win but he, certainly, can fight. >> just lastly, two democratic lawmakers, house representative ted lieu and kathleen rice are requesting an investigation into whether mr. barrack's case was potentially suppressed by the previous administration. after cnn reported earlier this week, the prosecutors were confident they had enough evidence last year to bring charges. what more do we know on that? >> they had this evidence but the case didn't move forward and what's not clear is, did it not move forward because they knew -- the u.s. attorney at the time, richard donoghue, didn't support it? or was it because mr. donoghue did something to intentionally stall that case? we also know then-attorney general bill barr wasn't a big fan of

i think what we will see more and more anderson in the weeks and months ahead, is i believe we will see more universities, more hospitals, more businesses, more retail establishments, looking to put rules in place to require people to get vaccinated. i think that will help us move forward on this effort to protect our country from covid-19. >> is that a part of what the president was doing today, essentially making some steps that give private businesses, perhaps more leeway to even go farther? i mean, there are a lot of big companies now which are saying you have to be vaccinated if you want to work here? are you hoping that private industry lead, you know, really push this, adopts that across the board? >> well, first, anderson, i am hoping that more situations will look at the steps the president took today and steps frankly that a number of businesses and universities have already taken to require vaccines and will ask themselves if they can do the same. particularly, anderson, when you think about hospitals and healthcare systems requiring the vaccine. this is i think a place where

>> yeah, anderson. webi agents on the ground here, that have actually had the chance to at least preliminarily question some of the key suspects, in this case. but they're not just here to assist haitian authorities in their investigation. we're reporting, tonight, that these fbi agents are actually looking into whether u.s. law was broken here. because remember, not only do you have three american citizens that are, officially, on this suspect list. but it appears that at least part, if not a majority, of this plot to assassinate haiti's president was, actually, hatched in south florida. that means that the department of justice, the fbi, they are going to look into whether u.s. law was broken. and because so much of this happened in south florida, there's american citizens involved. obviously, that increases the likelihood that the department of justice could bring charges against people involved in this assassination. meanwhile, we did get some new reporting today, after a press conference held by the c

anderson. tonight -- chris tucker. and we play "generation gap" with anfernee simons and bill walton, presented by nissan and youtube tv. and now, anthony anderson. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> anthony: all right. give me more! [ cheers and applause ] thank you. hello and welcome to our game night special. i'm your host, anthony anderson. [ cheers and applause ] and here we are, game six of the nba finals. milwaukee is one win away from their first championship in 50 years. whatever happens tonight, some cows are getting tipped. you know, milwaukee is known as "cream city." is it me, or does that sound kind of freaky to you? "man, i met up with this hottie last night, and we had a few drinks, and then she took me to cream city." [ laughter ] but over in phoenix, the suns changed the name of their stadium this weekend. it's now called "the footprint center." yeah, which was inspired by the size 16 foot giannis stuck in their ass during game five. this was the play that sealed the deal. after stealing the ball from devin booker

>> we have reached out to multiple government agencies, anderson. backtuse, haiti's top prosecutor who would only say he would try to improve the security for some of these investigators. we talked about this for weeks now. even after all that reporting we laid out, what don't we have? a motive for the reason why the president was killed, a mastermind behind that operation. what we do have is what very much appears to be a coordinated effort to keep some of those people who are seeking the truth from finding it. >> matt rivers, i appreciate it. >>> up next, tom barrack, who headed the former president's inaugural committee, entered a plea to accusations of foreign lobbying. details ahead. on a formula only found in preservision. if it were my vision, i'd ask my doctor about preservision. it's the most studied eye vitamin brand. if it were my vision, i'd look into preservision. only preservision areds2 contains the exact nutrient formula recommended by the nei to help reduce the risk of moderate to advanced amd progression. i have amd. it is my vision

>> reporter: well, anderson, we are talking about empty streets. businesses are closing.een closed all day. there's still a massive sense of shock after what happened in the early hours of today and you have a nation trying to reel with that new reality. >> what was the security like at the president's house? he was, according to reports, assassinated around 1:30 in the morning today. can you just talk about what that compound is like and how difficult it would have been to get in? >> reporter: well, anderson, as you've been to haiti in the past, since 2010 the national palace has been destroyed and has not been rebuilt so presidents have taken a habit of not actually living in a national palace where they would normally have been. so the house of president moise was his residence. that was heavily secured and protected. it makes it more stunning that such a thing would happen in such a secure location. >> the idea that they were yelling out dea claiming they were part of the dea in a country like haiti, that's actually probably a pretty effective thing for them to have d

but this is part of a broader pattern that we are seeing, across the country, anderson. which is, people recognizing that, if we want to keep our kids in school, if we want to protect the economy, if we want our country to get through this pandemic, we've got to leave no stone unturned in ensuring that people get vaccinated. >> i know you've said that the cdc and the fda will decide when a booster dose is needed for americans, not -- not the company pfizer. in israel, today, the prime minister announced that he will be offering a third dose of the pfizer vaccine to people over 60 years old. obviously, people are going to look at that, here in the u.s., and say, well, should that be happening here? should it? should that be happening here? >> well, anderson, what we've got to do to make that decision is look at a series of data points. one is data from other countries. israel, being one of them. another are data from our cohorts here, in the united states, where we have been tracking more than 20 cohorts, across the nation, looking at for evidence of when immunity may wane

when we come back, we will spe to emory university professor carol anderson about her new book "the second: race and guns in a fatally unequal america." stay with us. ■■ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org. i am amy goodman. as gun violence soars in the united states, we spend the rest of the hour looking at the second amendment and its racist roots. democracy now!'s nermeen sheikh and i recently interviewed carol anderson, author of the new book "the second: race and guns in a fatally unequal america." in the book, anderson details how the second amendment was written to empower local militia groups to put down slave revolts and protect plantation owners. she writes the second amendment is "rooted in fear of black people, to deny them their rights, to keep them from tasting liberty." professor anderson joined us from atlanta where she is a professor at emory university. she is also the author of "one person, no ve: how voter suppression is destroying our democracy" and "white rage: the unspoken truth of our racial divide." i began by asking her to go back in time a

the main idea is that we wanted to create a museum that, that was more in tune with the way anderson told his stories. so we work from what is the values in his universe? what is his literary strategies? how does he actually tell the stars and how can we transform that from being literature and to be in being a special experience architectural firms from around the world submitted ideas for the new museum. the contract went to the renowned japanese firm can go coma and associates. the proposal was thought to correspond most closely to 100 christie and understand open ended narrative style. yuki gucci was behind the concept, an oversized implementation. well, we have tried to design in this particular case or focus is this a circular elements that connects and organized like in a chain. so that would form the mentoring johnny through from the background to the ground. so they had shoes that act this representation of the reality and fantasy. the complex is some 5600 square meters and lies mainly underground overhead. a fairy tale garden is planned. circular holes, the steel glass and w

we had already done. you're absolutely right, anderson.any on our team to ask every single member of congress their vaccine status. almost every democrat in the house and senate save for one told us that they have been vaccinated. on the senate side 92% of republicans saying that they've received the vaccine. but on the house side a little under 50% refused to tell us one way or another whether or not they've received the vaccine and one member of congress, tommy massey, has gone so far as to say he refuses to get the vaccine. this something that is playing out definitively along party lines where you see some republicans even when they encourage others to take the vaccine unwilling to say if they themselves have taken that step. >> what reason -- it's pretty clear why they would say this. yes, obviously some may just believe that health care decisions should remain secret. that's certainly their right. but if this was popular among their constituents in some of these very conservative districts, i'm sure they would be very up front about

we did. and so what really concerns me, anderson, is that we're going to be in this position where the discussion for tat and not really on learning what we can do to make sure that something like that doesn't happen again. i remember when i was in the hospital after i got wounded, there was these two older gentlemen came in my hospital room and said hey, man, how are you? i said i'm all right. i said who are you guys? they said we're vietnam veterans and we want to make sure you don't get treated like we got treated. that's pretty compelling. president biden was asked today did he think the comparisons with between an afghanistan withdrawal and vietnam were accurate and he said, no, there's no helicopters pulling people off the roof. i think it's very similar. i mean, yeah, the drama of helicopters on the roof of the embassy certainly isn't there, but we have a generation of people that have been affected by this war. you know, what have we learned from it? how are we going to proceed the next time something like this comes up? i think we need to have -- you know, like we do in the military, we

we are thrilled mr. anderson could join us. show the moment as well. frame this when we look back five years from now. chad: this is incredibly exciting to watch. i mean, space used to be a domain that was reserved for just a few of us, and it is opening up like never before. you can see that in the diversity of this crew. the richest person in the world and brother, but also the oldest and youngest person ever to go into space. no medical checks. a completely autonomous vehicle. clean-burning fuel that the emissions are water vapor. incredibly safe. much safer than any vehicle we have flown before. tom: what is the path to orbital flight? can people say tourism will be like going up and going three times around the earth? chad: that is the plan, and bezos says that landing a rocket is like balancing a broomstick, so a larger broomstick is easier to balance. his argument is that new shepard is actually much harder to land. by doing this, he is taking the greatest steps forward toward his rocket. jonathan: the countdown has been

now, here is the other key, anderson. we saw them do this in late may. this is how the democrats ended the regular session. they killed s.b.7. of course, then, they just walked out of the building. now, they are flying to the nation's capital and they don't know when they are going to be able to go back home to the lone star state. >> dianne gallagher, thanks very much. >>> we are going to be joined, in a moment, by cnn's paul begala. political commentator and democratic strategist. and also, texan, not necessarily in that order. but first, we are going to be talking to one of the lawmakers who has just fled the state. actually, lego to paul, first. so, paul, fleeing the state when you don't like the bills the republican majority is pushing through. is that what -- i mean, that's what these -- i mean, isn't that what these democratic lawmakers were elected to do? to actually, you know, ourg th argue their cases to be in the statehouse? but is fleeing what their job is? >> it seems -- it seems like the only option they have. they have argued it. they deba

i'm anthony anderson, here with pa, cedric the entertainer. now, you may have noticed, weht there. show your ring right there. [ cheers and applause ] >> yeah. >> anthony: all right. can i talk about these rings, cedric? >> yeah. these are the hollywood walk of fame rings that our good friend george lopez came up with this concept for any of us we know, friends of ours. you get your star on the hollywood walk of fame then we also, we decided to give all of our friends rings, to commemorate that so that, you know, because you're not really going to go to your star on the walk of fame. >> anthony: oh, i go to mine. oh -- i go to mine. >> i've been with you when you went to yours. no matter where you go, in the car with him, we're going to l.a.x. let's stop by my star, if you don't mind, ced. real quick. just real fast. >> anthony: speaking of going places you recently got onstage after being offstage because of the pandemic, 16 months? >> over a year. close to, like, 18 months. >> anthony: okay. how was that getting back onstage, first time? >> it was horrible. thought all o

anderson, probably locked it several times over. we saw it going in this direction.ngly hesitant about letting anyone in here. but it is something that is disappointing for a lot of scientists because they said this is now become political manipulation, rhetoric we have heard before. they also say that this goes against common sense and science. allowing this phase two investigation. and you have to recommend, the w.h.o. was here already. they had a team on the ground. we were in wuhan earlier this year. think of the timing when that team was here doing their field research. 12 months after the initial outbreak. so investigators that we spoke with who really are deeply tied into this initial field mission said that's like going to a crime scene 12 months later, after having it been washed over multiple times. when we were there initially after the outbreak, we saw them cleaning it. they had shut it down, so doing any sort of field research seemed at that point to yield no positive results and really no subst substantive data. getting access to some of the chinese dat

this war will change, now that we know vaccinated people infected with the delta variant can transmit the virus? >> well, things will change, a bit. but i think, anderson, the one thing we have to remember tonight, if no one takes away any, other message than this, that these vaccines, still, are highly effective in reducing severe illness and hospitalizations. and most infections. please, understand that. so, no matter what else we discuss tonight, that's an important issue. i think the challenge we have right now is with this increased infectivity is what does that mean? if you look at our previous surges of infection, they -- the cases have risen, very rapidly, in different parts of the country, over the last 18 months. and then, dropped rapidly. and we don't understand, exactly, why. i think it's very possible that we are going to see this surge take off in the southern states, as it is now. whether it'll spread to the other states in a meaningful way, i don't know. but i think it's possible that, by september, we'll see that this thing will just drop, again, just as it's done in a number of other locations around the world. we can't count on that

we are nearly a year and a half into this. what -- what happens now? >> well, i have a piece, as you may know, anderson released moments ago. with the strategy for moving forward. first, we need to fully support dr. tedros and the world health organization. but we need to be clear that china is going to block that process. we, then, need to set up an alternative mechanism for investigating, to the full extent possible, through some other mechanism that china can't block. and whether that's the g7, the oecd, the quad countries or something else. then, the united states needs to establish our own 9 -- 9/11-style bipartisan covid commission. other countries need to do the same. and then, we need a comprehensive process if china wants to thumb its nose at the rest of the world, if china wants to disrespect the 10 million people who are dead as a result of this totally preventable pandemic and insult every one of their families, that's on them. but we shouldn't give china a veto over whether or not we investigate'll worst pandemic in a century. >> yeah. jamie metzl, i appreciate it. thank you. up next, as n

and, you know, i have been at this a long time, anderson. we did a full documentary about vaccine hesitancy. and there's clearly, it's existed for, you know, even before this pandemic. but the -- the idea that, you know, you know the right thing to do. you recognize the triumph of science. you realize it can save your life. get your life back to normal. and you, still, feel ostracized, perhaps, by going and doing this. it's -- it's -- it's really befuddling. the one thing dr. frase said there, near the end, is that ultimately it's still a win because these people are getting -- those people are still getting vaccinated but that's extraordinary. and i think, really tells the story of what's happening here. >> more and more, we are seeing, you know, large companies like google step in to fill the void left by the government when it comes to mandating vaccinations for their employees. do you think it's a good idea? and i mean, will that move the needle? a company saying, you know what, all our employees have to do it. >> i think we're at that poin

christine anderson was born in 18. 05 in this yellow corner house. the main idea is that we wanted to create a museum that, that was monsoon with the way anderson told his stories. so, so we work from what is the values in his universe? what is his literary strategies? how does he actually tell the stars and how can we transform that from being literature and to be in being a spacial experience architectural firms from around the world submitted ideas for the new museums. the contract went to the renowned japanese firm can go coma and associates. the proposal was thought to correspond most closely to hans christy, and i'm just an open ended narrative styles. yuki gucci was behind the concept, an oversized implementation. we have tried to design in this particular multi or focus is a circular elements that connects and organized like in a chain. so that would form the man during johnny through from the background to veto ground. so the hatch is that act this representation of the reality and fantasy. the complex is some 5600 square meters and lives mainly underground overhead

when we make chips and microchips and everything else, all that dirty polluting stuff we'll make it in space and do those activities in space. it'll be much better. this planet is so precious, andersonw today, we got up there and we looked out. we see when we're on the ground we think the atmosphere is big. but really the atmosphere is tiny. it's just this tiny little fragile thin layer and we all depend upon it for our lives. and we've got to stop polluting it. so that is something -- but that can't be done today. if you try to move heavy industry off earth today, that's just crazy. >> so what is the time line for something like that? >> decades. it won't be done in my lifetime. but what i can do and the whole blue origin team can do is lay the foundation for that work. that's what we mean when we say build a road to space. because then there'll be other people driving on that road and they'll do much greater things. >> why do you want to have people on the moon? >> the moon is a great resource. one of the great things about the moon is it has a very low gravity -- takes 27 times less energy to lift a pound of material off the moon than it does to lift a pound of material off the e