become ed lee. so what we did was we went back to his hometown of seattle, interviewed his brothers and sisters, talked to some of his childhood friends. he grew up in the church as well in seattle so there were influences there as well. so we wanted to find out, when you're a kid, what influenced him to become the person that he did, and then he went to a small college in the east coast, we talked to one of his professors over there. so that was the approach we had, what caused ed lee to become the great person, the humble guy that we all knew. >> yes, and i think it's even more interesting, because people forget that he was appointed to the position. >> right. n'the himself did real overt >> it's funny when you said we don't want the political thing to overshadow. it was a big part of his life for a long time. scenes type of person. when gavin newsom stepped down to become lieutenant governor, he had this opportunity and after conferring with his family, he felt like this was too good of an opport

commissioner lee? >> commissioner lee: thank you. i had the privilege of serving alongside the other dynamic duo public service in san francisco, police commissioner lewis renne, and it was a pleasure for me to serve alongside commissioner renne on this commission. yes, he's also a role model for me, but one thing i would always take from you is the open-mindedness, that every time you walk into this meeting room, your core principle has always been well grounded, but you've always kept an open mind, looking for common ground to make sure we come to a workable resolution for the best for san franciscans, and especially for those who are less visible and left siss represented by the city. so for that, i thank you. and you are a role model not only for me but for many public service members in this city. so thank you very much. >> commissioner smith: i'd like to just add something. i clearly have not had the privilege of serving on the commission with paul renne, but i have known him professionally for many years. i've been handed a ve

spike lee and i disagree on stuff. i would not say he is a bad person. >> that's popular right now, isn't it? >> laura: how is that interesting? >> we as a country elected someone whom if you do not agree with him, you are a bad person. >> laura: who said that? >> he says it all the time! >> laura: he said i am the president of all of the people. leo, you were with him. monique says donald trump thinks you are a bad person if you don't agree with him. you were just with him. there were 300 plus african-american leaders across the country. a lot of people didn't see that. but a lot of people saw the oscars. and everyone in that room probably 90% liberal democrats or too afraid to say anything different. they love it. of course they love. it what did you see in this president that is a different take from what monique said? >> we know that spike lee was alluded to the president when he said love versus hate. he said in 2020 vote for love versus hate. the democrats represent 90% of black communities. we are in poverty and

i like the old spike lee stuff, it's kind of funny. but the oscars are just another example of i think hollywood yoa canning off half of america. and immediately they're cast on to the ash heap of you're bad people because you like trump or you're more conservative or you're not a liberal. for the life of me i don't get. that it's not entertaining. it's utterly predictable and it's conformist. it's the opposite of non-conformist in hollywood. it would be somebody up there saying i call bs on all of you >>> right i don't recall him mentioning president trump >> laura: come on, you're smart monique >>> i don't recall. >> laura: you don't think he was talking about it? >>> i do recall everybody who was in the place screaming and clapping and hooping >>> i was screaming up and down and clapping and hooping at home. >> laura: that's a representative audience. really? representative of whom? >>> i represent people like me, whatever that means. >> laura: yeah >>> he's had a 30 year career. he won an oscar after those 30 years. he deserved it

senator lee. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i agree with your characterization and having studied the history of the blue slip rule, it's important to note this is not an exorable command. it's not something that is codified in the constitution, in statute, or even in a rulef this committee. that's not to say it's not something that members don't rely on and haven't relied on in the past. it is, however, important to note that during the blue slip's history, ever since senator eastland, we seen it change rather significantly. the evolution of the blue slip has been a gradual one, but not just gradual. it's been nearly constant. as you noted, mr. chairman, only a minority of the chairmen who have served during the existence of the blue slip tradition have recognized it as a veto on the right of an individual member bringing an objection. and as far as i can understand, mr. chairman, your intent, your desire, is to keep it as, keep intact much of what we now know as the blue slip. with the exception of the change that we saw in t

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spike lee plays "hardball" later on. >> come on. america would never elect somebody like david duke, president of the united states. >> coming from a black man, that's pretty naive. >> could the legendary filmmaker make history at the oscars with "blackkklansman? we have a lot to get to. liberty mutual has just announced that they can customize your car insurance so that you only pay for what you need. this is phoebe buckley, on location. uh... thanks, phoebe. ♪ only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ guys do whatever it takes to deal with shave irritation. so, we re-imagined the razor with the new gillette skinguard. it has a unique guard between the blades. that's designed to reduce irritation during the shave. because we believe all men deserve a razor just for them. the best a man can get. gillette. >>> welcome back to "hardball." we're following developments in the russia probe today. the first involves the case of roger stone, trump's former political adviser who was indicted last month. a fed

on november 25th, lee says she went back to idaho, taking berreth's phone with her and sending texts to frazee and berreth's employer in an effort to make it look as though the victim had left on her own. >> that's was karen morphet reporting. >>> the case surrounding jussie smollett and alleged attack he reported moved to a chicago courthouse. two brothers who claim the actor orchestrated the incident spoke to reporters yesterday. dean reynolds was there. >> reporter: the two brothers at the heart of the jussie smollett investigation met with prosecutors at the cook county courthouse where a grand jury was deliberating. the two did not see the grand jury, but their presence in the courthouse was another sign that the case is getting increasingly serious for the 36-year-old actor. police say the two brothers disclosed during interrogation last week that smollett paid for them to fake an attack. and while initially the two were considered possible suspects, their cooperation has led the investigation in the direction of smollett himself. the actor claims he was beaten in an unprovoked

we had spike lee in flowers, rami malek winning ina had spike lee in flowers, rami malek winning in a white tuxedo, brian may, i don't know what that was. this is beginning to feel a bit boring. i think you need to change it up boring. i think you need to change itupa boring. i think you need to change it up a bit, another actor who chose to beat slightly different was mahershala ali who took the award for best supporting actor in we can hear from for best supporting actor in we can hearfrom him. for best supporting actor in we can hear from him. thank you for this, fellow nominees, thank you for your work. the work itself has always been that reward for me and so it's a little surreal to get this kind of thing for something you feel so passionate about and grateful for, so passionate about and grateful for, so octavia spencer, thank you, chris bowers, my double, thank you, my wife and family. peace. mahershala ali taking best supporting actor for his role alongside viggo mortensen in green book. the overall atmosphere compared with last year, what was the difference? people were more

, a retread spike lee said of driving miss daisy. old—fashioned, a retread spike lee said of driving miss daisym old—fashioned, a retread spike lee said of driving miss daisy. it feels to me like a film from the 1990s but that said, it's a very well honed example of its crafts over that, it's been recognised and if it makes people go and buy doctor don shirley is albums i can thoroughly recommend them. he's very good on the piano. roma, tipped by many people to be best film and did well, it did when and alfonso cuaron took an award but it did not take the top prize. and alfonso cuaron took an award but it did not take the top prizem was expected by me to win the top prize. i think it's a much more masterful picture and greenberg or bohemian rhapsody but people find it a bit slow. i do not, i think life there, revolution, divorce, growing up, everything you want from life in mexico. i think it would have been one of the great films of this centuries oscar winners but it is not, greenberg takes its place, but at one film and one fo

lashing out at film director spike lee. tweeting this, be nice if spike lee could read his notes or better yet not have to use notes at all when doing his racist hit on your president who has done for more african-american and criminal justice and lowest unemployment numbers in history and tax cuts et cetera than any other president. he was reacting to the spike lee acceptance speech during last night's oscars that made no direct mention of the president. what did he say that got under trump's skin? that is coming up next. all your worst symptoms, including nasal congestion, which most pills don't. and all from a gentle mist you can barely feel. flonase sensimist. you can barely feel. thisyeah.ice. yeah, this is nice. mmmm how did you make the dip so rich and creamy? oh, it's a philadelphia- -family recipe. can i see it? no. new philadelphia dips. so good, you'll take all the credit. >>> welcome back to "harball." president trump today accused film director spike lee of a racist hit. so what prompted that charge? well last

lee. >> mr. cruz, >> mr. holly >> mr. tillis. >> ms. ernst, >> mr. crapo, >> mr. kennedy, >> mrs. blackburn, >> mrs. feinstein. >> mr. leahy, >> no >> mr. durbin, >> >> mr. whitehouse, no by proxy >> ms. klobuchar >> no by proxy >> mr. >> no >> no by proxy >> mr. blumenthal, >> ms. hirono, >> mr. booker, >> ms. harris, >> mr. chairman. >> aye >> the nomination will be favorably reported to the floor. next richard for the court of federal claims. >>>> mr. grassley, >> mr. lee.

congresswoman barbara lee, thank you for your leadership. lee: thank you. congratulations for your tremendous leadership and your attention to all of the members of the democratic caucus, and working in a bipartisan way. these leaders championed the views and the ideas of our entire caucus. that is quite a testament to their leadership, but also to the diversity of our caucus and to the willingness to make sure that all of our voices were heard. i just have to thank you once again. we have a lot more to do, but we came a long way. we did that because of how you worked collaboratively in a with all ofay t our caucus, to make sure that all of our views were championed. thank you very much. rep. pelosi: mr. cuellar? rep. cuellar: thank you again for your leadership, for putting this very united conferees committee together. we got over 300 votes today. there was a strong, bipartisan vote. what we did in this committee was very simple. it was a matter of, how do you see the border? unfortunately, there are some people that see the border as a crisis, as a place

visibility was poor says lee.officer ross lee/chp "....due to the impaired vision from the heavy rain and darkness at the time a driver reported seeingan object in the number one lane and swerved to the right and was unable to avoid the pedestrian who was walking in the lane at the time..."a second vehicle also hit the woman. the chp says the case is a reminder thatunless one case safely exit a vehicle following an accident and find shelter behind a nearby wall or fence, it's usally best to stay in the vehicle with your seatbelts on.officer ross lee/chp "....a lot of times people get out of the car after a crash assuming the incoming traffic is going to see the crash and start slowing down and see pedestrians standing in the lanes but that is not always the case....we have several fatalities across the bay area every year which might have been avoided had people stayed i n their cars after an accident..."the chp says drugs and alcohol were not factors in this case. no citations have been issued. the victim's name had not been released as of monday evening. in san jose rob fladeboe kro

barbara lee, leadership member of the conferees. david price. i want to make sure that -- david has had quite a day. he had to go to north carolina earlier today. he was a former top democrat on homeland security committee and very strong force for doing the right thing. steny and i are appropriators so we have confidence in the appropriators. as i said over and over, left to their own devices, working in a bipartisan way and a bicameral way, they can come up with a compromise that is acceptable and that is bipartisan, as i say, that we can all support. 300 votes on the floor of the house. it was quite a remarkable show. my own part want to say that i thank our conferees for having us honor our oath of office to protect our country by securing our border and protecting our values. and wherever we go from here will be for us all to honor the constitution, especially article 1, especially the system of checks and balances. we will not have an end run in the congress of the united states. ith that i will use the -- [indiscernible] mr. clyburn. mr.

taking it out on spike lee because of course, spike lee is someone that will be very outspoken in 2020. he's going to be someone who takes a very strong stand. he's even in his own speech you'll have to go there because his movies and the person that he is at his heart is someone who is very much in opposition of president trump. >> in fact, jose andres was one of the presenters and it wasn't just the actors and actresses in their acceptance speeches. jose andres was one of the presenters speaking about immigration. >> right. that's what i thought was so terrific about this year's oscars is that you had a wide variety of people. it wasn't just hollywood navel gazing and it was people from around the country and around the world who were there to be a part of hollywood's big night and there were people who have, we know them through other lenses. jose andres, phenomenal restauranteur, beloved and we also know him through a political lens because of his battle with president trump and also what he did during the government shutdown, providing food to government workers. not that he was a

lee immigrated to america in 1987 and worked day and night to build a better life for himself and his family. in 000 he became a citizen, and like many immigrants he understood the meaning of civic duty and the importance of a single person's vote better than many of us whose families have been here for generations. so when he was faced with cancer diagnosis, his first thoughts was not to sink into despair, he simply asked, what's next? as his diagnosis progressed, mr. lee began to understand the pressing need for legislation to protect people with pre-existing conditions. and the question of what's next was answered. he spent his remaining time fighting to help make our health care system more just and to make america as he put it, a nation of us not of me. today i am truly honored to be joined at the state of the union by his siblings. madam speaker, john lee has already helped to shape our understanding of what must be done to make health care a human right for all americans. mr. malinowski: may his legacy be -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what pu

the e-mail sent to lee claimed to be from her ex-fiance. denise and erin will live forever with the scars of their ordeal. home invasion, kidnapping and then public humiliation. >> they were innocent of their alleged crimes, yet they were painted to the world as having been involved in a terrible hoax. >> vallejo pd, so eager to talk in the first few days, clammed up. they have so far not made a public statement to correct the impression of these two as liars. denise sued the city of vallejo, and in 2015, they settled that case for $2 million. but nobody at the pd has claimed why the case went so wrong. the answer is always, no comment. he said to you at the end, i'm sorry this is going to mess you up. >> yes, he did. >> he was right about that, wasn't he? >> yeah, it definitely messed me up for quite a while. >> sometimes the true story is often a lie. >> why did you want to talk to us? >> if i can contribute in any way and make sure this is taken seriously and basically say this is not a hoax. i lived firsthand through this and i know for

. >> the most animated reaction of the night coming from director spike lee who won his first oscar for best adapted screenplay for critically acclaimed film "blackkklansman," taking a not so veiled shot at president trump and his 2016 election speech. >> 2020 election is around the corner, make the moral choice between love versus hate. >> president trump tweeted be nice if spike lee could use his notes or better yet not use his tes at all when doing his racist hit on your president who has done more for african-americans, general justice reform, et cetera, than almost any other president. >> trevor: president trump called spike lee racist. ( laughter ) it was, like, "blackkklansman," that's offensive, folks. should have been called "black very fine people on both sides." both sides! ( laughter ) also, trump is the last person to tell anyone about their reading. really? mr. (mispronounced words) that guy? congratulations to all the winners from last night. international news, vice president mike pence was in colombia, or as donald trump calls it, south mexico. he was there to monitor t

correspondent trymaine lee, 38 years old, seemingly healthy, no family history or risk factors. he had no reason to suspect that the pain in his chest was a heart attack. and that's why he's speaking out now. >> reporter: msnbc correspondent trymaine lee spent his career reporting stories of people who survived and overcame trauma. nearly two years ago, at age 38, he almost didn't live to tell his own story. >> to now be on this side telling the story is amazing. because we're not all as fortunate. i'm cognizant of that. >> reporter: growing up, lee was athletic and relatively healthy. >> no history of heart disease in my family. no high blood pressure, high cholesterol, nothing. >> reporter: so lee thought it was strange when he wasn't feeling well for three straight days in july 2017. >> i was actually at work. i felt tightness in my chest. that was monday. the next day, same thing. but i felt dizzy. i never felt that before. >> reporter: the day after, he started feeling better and shrugged it off but at home that night, lee says everything went from bad to worse. >> as soon

i watched spike lee's speech. and spike lee used his script, or what have you, his legal pad and paper. and he spoke about his history. he spoke about african-american history. he didn't call out the president. and i'm trying to find where the president felt it was racist. and anything the president tweets, does, says or is involved in, that's what we cover. and unfortunately today i'm dealing with issues of spike lee and the president. >> seth: you deal with sarah sanders a lot -- >> yes. >> seth: although probably less than you would deal with most press secretaries. because they don't have daily briefings. but a few years ago, she tweeted that she cooked a chocolate pecan pie for thanksgiving. and you wrote, show it to us on a table. you were basically saying that it was maybe taken out of a cookbook or a photo of not a pie she actually cooked. but then there was this. and i will say, you know, i see the world in a very different way than sarah sanders. but i will say, when i saw this photo, i liked it. because

switch to cvs pharmacy. >>> tonight, president trump versus spike lee. trump lashing out at the director after lee said this at the oscars. >> the 2020 presidential election is around the corner! let's all mobilize, let's all be on the right side of history! make the -- make the moral choice between love versus hate! let's do the right thing! you know i had to get that in there. >> all right, well, he didn't technically use anybody's name. but the person he's talking about tweeted in response, quote, be nice if spike lee could read his notes or better yet not have to use notes at all when doing a racist hit on your president who has done more for african-americans, criminal justice reform, lowest unemployment numbers in history, tax cuts, more than almost any other president. joining me now, angela rye. so the president has come out with his list of things he says he's done, but the key words were racist hit, to describe what he said spike lee did. what do you say? >> well, i think that the president maybe needs to take a class -- or just read a dictiona

and spike lee. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: i love it! i love it! you gotta love it live! ( cheers and applause ) live! live! >> dickerson: stephen! steve stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! >> stephen: hi, chris. how are you? ( cheers and applause ) hey, paul! what's up? hey everybody, up there, down here, please, sit down! sit down! thank you very much! welcome, welcome o to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) everybody's excited because tonight, trump gave his state of the union, and we are live, if what you call what we just watched "live." it was pretty raucous on the republican side, i'll tell you that much. pretty quiet on the democracy side because it wasinancy's house. she showed great restraint. she did not stick on out her tongue once. this wasn't a particularly good speech, but what it lacked in quality, it made up in length. ( laughter ) it was-- it was like-- (

what happened to the cool spike lee? >> well, i would like to state, if i may, that was a culmination of six -- the exuberance. it was building up, one, two, three, four, five, and what you see, that was number six. and went crazy. >> so you're absolutely thrilled? >> yes, i am. >> i think that's great. >> but also i'm thrilled for my longtime editor barry brown who never got nominated, my longtime music composer, terrence blan charred. adam driver, never nominated before. >> your star in the film. it's taken a long time, spike whether or not lee. you've been doing these movies from the late '80s and you've never been nominated for best director. >> right. >> it's taken a while. do you feel great or it's about time? >> i feel great. i also feel it's about time. i want to state it is april rains campaign, hashtag oscar so white combined with sheryl isaacs, two african-american women, sheryl boon isaacs. behind hashtag oscars so white, she went to the board and said this is a bad look. we have to diversify the voting membe

. >> the most animated reaction of the night coming from director spike lee who won his first oscar for best adapted screenplay for critically acclaimed film "blackkklansman," taking a not so veiled shot at president trump and his 2016 election speech. >> 2020 election is around the corner, make the moral choice between love versus hate. >> president trump tweeted be nice if spike lee could use his notes or better yet not use his notes at all when doing his racist hit on your president who has done more for african-americans, general justice reform, et cetera, than almost any other president. >> trevor: president trump called spike lee racist. ( laughter ) it was, like, "blackkklansman," that's offensive, folks. should have been called "black very fine people on both sides." both sides! ( laughter ) also, trump is the last person to tell anyone about their reading. really? mr. (mispronounced words) that guy? congratulations to all the winners from last night. international news, vice president mike pence was in colombia, or as donald trump calls it, south mexico. he was there to monitor

david lee it will keep across that story for us. —— david lee will keep across that story for us. it looks like the long—running trade war between washington and beijing may be coming to an end. us president donald trump said the two countries are very, very close to signing a trade agreement, and are going to have a signing summit soon. let's go to our asia business hub, where rico hizon is following the story. promises, promises. i mean, he is going to be arriving in vietnam later today. he has a busy agenda, hasn't he, president trump? very busy agenda indeed, but still no date when there is very, very close agreement will be signed and delivered between the united states and china, sally. but this tweet of president trump is not exciting asian market investors, because shares today are falling after scaling a five—month high as investors wait to see if washington and beijing can finally clinched a trade deal, sooner rather than later. well, today's losses come as jp morgan analysts are urging investors to curb some of their enthusiasm over the trade negotiations, saying th

lee -- jackson lee is recognized. ms. jackson lee: i ask unanimous consent to address the house three minutes. i have been yielded that. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. jackson lee: i thank the speaker. let me say that the gentleman from new york, you are doing an excellent job. so you have translated the great leadership of the new york legislature and you brought it here to the house so we thank you for your service. and i have been affected by the gentleman from georgia's comments. we have been on this floor together. and i know we have a heart of service and as well coming from georgia, coming from texas, we know veterans and we certainly know active duty persons as well. and so i rise to support the policy underpings of this legislation that's been -- underpinnings of this legislation that's been so well articulated to the gentleman from new york. just to note as background, when this government was wrongly shut down, we lost $11 billion, $3 billion of which may be recoverable but $8 billi

lee. thank you. miss breeger, i apologize for mixing you up, but the floor is years. >> good afternoon. i'm here today to share some concerns about the moscone center garage development, and ourselves in somcan, we've written you guys a letter. but today i wanted to really focus on what we see as the very deeply flawed nature of the decision making process around this project. so accountable development requires that projects contribute to the social and economic well-being in the neighborhoods of which they're located, and especially support and contribute to those most impacted by the project and impacted by the critical and extreme inequality in san francisco. there's no question that this moscone center garage development has a huge potential and i would say obligation to use this incredibly highly valuable public land for the good of san franciscans especially those who need it most. getting it right means that these communities must be involved in the decision making in a meaningful way. so thi

and spike lee did a full-on tribute. you don't see a huge necklace on a man and i thought that was amazing. >> and gold jordans that michael jordan commissioned for him. >> and he had his tailor make the pants high waters. so you could see those shoes. >> i haven't heard the phrase high waters in a long time. we called them ankle whippers. yeah, yeah, the angles. how about lady gaga? >> oh, my gosh. [ cheers and applause ] i already -- somebody reamed me on twitter for talking about her too much. she's been a fashion force this entire season. i have to say, i think there are two classes of dressing for the oscars. the type that go over the top. it's the climax of the season. and then you have the classic dresser. you thought she would show up and be really crazy. in the end, she toned it down. it's a very chic and fashionable dress by alexander mcqueen. still very subdued for gaga. >> she toned it down. but that tiffany necklace. whoo! couldn't take my eyes off that. oh, my. >> 128 karats. >> 128 karats. >> no big deal.

fed may be moving toward a new way to measure inflation what it is and should investors be worried lee cooperman will join us today. we'll ask about his top investments, plus his thoughts the ted la ceo back in the hot seat how much damage is he doing to the stock? >> not a lot of damage in the marketplace. if you look at where we stand we are in the red, but not by much. the dow is only off by about three basis points here. same for the s&p 500, and the nasdaq composite chasing the declines so stability in the wake of fed chair jay powell's testimony before the senate banking committee. what to match today home construction is off a bit. you can see here we are, though, up about 24% since the lows that we saw back in december, so a bit of air coming out of that home construction trade. our stock of the day, it's not all bad for brands and consumer products and good. smucker's up by 5%, up on its earnings record and better outlook. coffee and premium pet foods the drivers. the shares are still down 20%, but consumer brands are on focus. >> we'll have more on somebomucs fire >>> the pre

spike lee went after the president before the president went after him. i like spike lee. i think he did a great job with black kk clansman. i'm glad he finally won an academy award. i loved when he leaped into samuel jackson's arms. it was so charming. and then even when he was talking about slavery. this is black history month. and, you know, how nice it is that he could talk about his grandma, putting him through college and so forth. >> martha: it's a great story. >> but then to turn it and give president trump a dig was so unnecessary. so gratuitous. it was like rudolph said something about mexico ♪ going to pay for the wall or so forth. just give it a rest. i would like. we have come a long way from the days during the obama administration of oscars so white. there were no people of color nominated in any of the major categories or behind the big pictures. now, you have an oscar ceremony with high ratings that reflects the audience it soak seeks to serve. why give trump the dig. it's almost become mandatory for these actors in their moment in the sun to do somethin

change there after the oscars a white campaign diversity remaining very important not just for spike lee but for him as well yeah definitely and he made reference to the campaign which started two thousand and fifteen if you remember it was after we had two years in a row where there were no non white actors nominated for oscars. blogger started this campaign there so white there was protest spike lee boycotted the oscars after that initially in support of this campaign and what the austereo what the academy did did in response was they made a deliberate effort to try and make their body of the academy body more diverse so they recruited a lot more people from minority groups women expanded the number of wanted me members so yeah it was used to six thousand i was nine thousand and almost all the new newcomers have been from those less represented groups and i think that was represented this year in at least the nominees you know black panther getting a bunch of oscar nominations you had spike lee's black klansman give a number of nominations including best picture only won for best adapt

you bolton that lee will be held accountable. also coming up tonight we'll go to los angeles and go down the list of who won what last night at the academy awards this and we made a film about a gay man an immigrant who. lived his life just unapologetically himself and the fact that i'm celebrating him and this story with you tonight is is proof that we're longing for for stories like this. on to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with a break sit bomb dropped by the man with the political explosives but until tonight showed no desire to even white a fuse for the first time since britain began to go she engines to leave the european union. and with only a month before breaks it is scheduled to begin the head of britain's opposition party says he now supports a second referendum now this is a major u. turn in the brakes of policy of labor leader jeremy corbett and it is the most powerful boost yet to the possibility of giving the british people another go yes or no to membe

change there after the oscars a white campaign diversity remaining very important not just for spike lee but for him as well yeah definitely and he made reference to the oscars so i campaign which started two thousand and fifteen if you remember it was after we had two years in a row where there were no non white actors nominated for oscars. blogger started this campaign there so white there was protest spike lee boycotted the oscars after that initially in support of this campaign and what the austria what the academy did in response was they made a deliberate effort to try and make their body of the academy body more diverse so they recruited a lot more people from minority groups women expanded the number of them that remember so yeah it was used the six thousand hours nine thousand and almost all the new newcomers have been from those less represented groups and i think that was represented this year in at least the nominees you know black panther getting a bunch of oscar nominations you had spike lee's black klansman get a number of nominations including best picture only won for be

except spike lee didn't say anything racist. he said this. >> the 2020 presidential election is around the corner. let's all mobilize. let's all be on the right side of history. make the moral choice between love versus hate. let's do the right thing! you know i had to get that in there. >> that's not a racist attack on the president. all spike said was that there is a choice in the 2020 election and that choice is between love and hate. if the president sees that as racist, as a racist hit despite continue being one, what does that say about him? after all, president trump is the one who said this about nazis marching in charlottesville. >> you also had people that were very fine people. on both sides. you had people in that group -- excuse me. excuse me. i saw the same pictures as you did. >> and he said this about peaceful protests by black nfl players. >> wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a bitch off the field right now, out, he's fired. he's fired! >>

>> two of his fan, david and lee ann are right in front of the stage. they got to interact directly with mark. >> this crowd, i need you to spread apart. spread apart. >> the lights come on, the music stops, everybody gets quiet. what is going to happen? >> david has something he'd like to say. ready? >> it turns out davidas scheming with mark for months so that he could propose to his lady. >> will you marry me? >> he gets down on one knee and she very quickly says uh-huh. after the show, mark actually ended up meeting both of them at an unscreened spot to celebrate. if you want to follow him you can follow him on facebook, youtube and instagram and twitter. >> good luck for david and lee ann! >> you don't need to know how to hang guide to know that they rely on updrafts. warm currents of air to lift them and help them game elevation. >> we've got pilot one. >> he's flying around in columbia and those aren't clouds that he's flying near. that's smoke from burning sugar cane fields below him. he spotted that and thought this would help me gain altitude.

let's start, i guess, with spike lee. how about that? he won the first nonhonorary oscar for "blackkklansman." in one of the signature moments of the night, here it comes -- >> oh. >> bam. >> jumping into the arms of his friend, samuel l. jackson. such a cool moment. >> yeah. >> samuel is obviously excited for him as well. i love how he gave him the mixed score beforehand. >> that was amazing. >> he's a big knicks fan. >> people were upset he didn't win for directing. but, he still got -- >> an oscar is an oscar. >> yeah. >> good for him, in a purple suit, too. >> can we talk lady gaga and bradley cooper. >> please. >> will they or won't they perform the song "shallow" that won. some said they made out. will they, won't they? they have significant others. at least will does, excuse me, at least bradley does. i said at least will does. >> check out this standing ovation as they stepped off the stage. gaga asked coo it? so sweet. >> that's really nice. >> you did, bradley, you did. melissa mccarthy was nominated for drama, but all laughs.

i watched spike lee's speech. and spike lee used his script, or what have you, his legal pad and paper. and he spoke about his history. he spoke about african-american history. he didn't call out the president. and i'm trying to find where the present felt it was racist. and anything the president tweets, does, says or is involved in, that's what we cover. and unfortunately today i'm dealing with issues of spike lee and the president. >> seth: you deal with sarah sanders a lot -- >> yes. >> seth: although probably less than you would deal with most press secretaries. because they don't have daily briefings. but a few years ago, she tweeted that she cooked a chocolate pecan pie for anksgiving. and you wrote, show it to us on a table. you were basically saying that it was maybe taken out of a cookbook or a photo of not a pie she actually cooked. but then there was this. and i will say, you know, i see the world in a very different eny than sarah sanders. but i will say, saw this photo, i liked it. because i thought,

everything from border security to spike lee's speech at the oscars. but the topic of the moment, of course, is the president's meeting this morning with members of the national governors association followed by his impending departure for the summit in vietnam. the second summit with north korea's leader kim jong-un. the president appears to be advancing and retreating in his rhetoric about the summit suggesting last night at the governors ball that he'd be happy with a stop to missile and nuclear testing in the korean peninsula but then again this morning, tweeting and going back to the original stated goal of denuclearization on the peninsula, though that certainly is not defined very well. here's the tweet. meeting for breakfast with our nation's governors and off to vietnam for a very important summit with kim jong-un with complete denuclearization. north korea will rapidly become an economic powerhouse. without it, just more of the same. chairman kim will make a wise decision. all of this is just a reminder that the president tweeted back in june

spike lee says that, nobody cares. spike lee also criticized whites were moving into harlem. he compared them to christopher columbus offering native americans. really? if whites move into harlem, that is racist? spike lee also said about the senator from mississippi, when he praised strom thurmond on the 100th birthday, he said trent lot on "good morning america" is a "straight up member of the klan, i bet he has a hood somewhere in his closet." even diane sawyer thought that was outrageous. he never apologized. he says all sorts of things, have gotten away with it. nobody says a word. >> sean: listen to larry's list, just on spike lee, sean. it's amazing. >> it is. is anybody shocked? i was somewhat pleased at the level that it wasn't as much as i could have been last night. a few comments from the folks who are generally pretty wild and their comments when they come up. i actually think there is a lot of great movies this year. a lot of really good actors in them. i wish they would stick to talking about their art. and their profession, and stop trying to be political pund

he sees bigotry in a pretty ecumenical sentiment from lee. but when asked about his mentor on immigration and accused bigot congressman steve king, you get this. >> you know, i don't know anything about the situation. when did he announce that? >> today. >> i have not seen it. he hasn't told me anything. so we'll have to take a look. >> so this really isn't about the benefit of the doubt. the truth is i doubt there is any benefit to pretending this president doesn't love to stir the waters of division, including bigotry. and he knows that and yet says this. >> are you racist? >> i am the least racist person. i am the least racist person that you've ever met. i am the least racist person, the least racist person that you've ever seen. >> now, many don't count these sound bites as proof of the argument of where the president is wrong on race. but i actually find them the most instructive. here's the argument. he knows this isn't true. he knows what he does, and he knows why he does it. so if he isn't racist, what is he? he ignores bigotry where

she shares why why he thinks lee -- why she thinks lee helped frazee. >> reporter: krystal lee is a key witness in this case. she's known patrick frazee for 15 years, and they previously date. one of her closest friends says it was only recently that lee discovered frazee had been engaged to another woman, kelsey berreth, and that the pair had a child together. do you think ma patrik's a murderer? >> -- do you think patrick's a murderer? >> yes, i do. i think he's a dangerous person. >> reporter: michelle stine said her clone friense friend krysta confided in her about helping frazee. has she said that they were fearful? >> yes. she did tell me that she's never seen that kind of evil in anybody. >> reporter: berreth, a 29-year-old pilot, vanished on thanksgiving day in colorado and was last seen this surveillance video shopping with a 1-year-old daughter she and her fiancee, patrick frazee, shared. investigators say three days later, berreth's cell phone pinged nearly 600 miles away in gooding, idaho, about an hour from lee's home. two text messages were sent. one to berreth's employer

spike lee also explaining his reaction to "green book's" big win. watch as he appears to face backwards. here's what he had to say about that. >> i'm snik bake bit. every time somebody is driving somebody, i lose. but they changed the seating arrangement. >> we saw a bit ever reactiof r the green book oig win. can you give us your thoughts on that best picture win? >> let me take another sip. next question. no, i thought i was court side at the garden. the ref made a bad call. >> all right. he was referring to driving miss daisy which won four awards in 1990, the same year he was nominated for best original screen play. >>> now to washington. congress returns today to a packed calendar and things could get interesting this week because the president's former lawyer and fixer michael cohen testifies before three committees. on wednesday his testimony will be public. also on the docket, the first attempt by house democrats to block president trump's border wall national emergency look with threats to subpoena special counsel robert mueller's report on

who will replace kathie lee gifford when she leaves in april? well, now we know. [ cheers and applause ] jenna gets the gig. kathie lee made the official announcement this morning. >> i feel like i have the best job and i get to sit next to these incredible humans. my dad wrote me three words which made me weep. very proud dad. >> we're like one big family and i think we all feel that. >> we first met jenna back in 2007. she joined "the today show" in 2009, and we were with her in 2010 in vancouver. >> i'm still working for "the today show". >> the two weeks you were off at the olympics, i saw you blossom. >> mm-hmm. >> you had earned the right to sit and be something to all these wonderful people who watch us every day. >> kathie lee will officially pass her wine glass over to jenna on april the 5th, and hoda promises it's going to be a big celebration. >> okay. multiply that by about ten, and that's going to be kathie lee's sendoff. >>> coming up, mama j-lo on life with her twins. where she draws the line with her twins. >> it's, like, no. >>>

bose congresswomen lee and harris have roots in oakland. >>> the police will give the update on a chase and hostage situation that ended with the armed suspect that a shot and killed. the police say the suspect stole the ups truck and held the driver hostage. there was a police chase and a standup. smith tells us why the police say they had to open fire. >> reporter: this dramatic end to the standoff with the vehicle boxing san jose. held up in that truck, a suspect fired a shot unning all. killing him. moments later, a tarp was placed overbody. the 5:00 with the traffic stop in south as a. the south car chase-- >> shots were fired by the suspect. they were paid to be a long been, a shotgun with multiple shot fired at our deputies. one shot hit our deputy's vehicle. truck the suspect got out of his car near communications hill and carjacked a ups truck with a driver inside. deputies deployed spike strips and the truck stopped at south trouble, prompting a heavy police response. >> the negotiators arrived and we rescued the hostage. we got him out safely. >> reporter: france identified t