they have a different approach to civil rights movements. one of them is magneto who says we have to be aggressive and push the boundaries and be prepared to take people on, a bit like malcolm x. and the other is professor x, much more, perhaps, let us assimilate and work with people and come together. when you came out as gay, when you are knighted, there was a push back against you by the likes of derekjarman who said you had sold out byjoining the establishment. as you reflect on it now, do you feel you have decided, which is a better way to approach this, is it magneto or professor x and which are you? i'm on the side of professor x, they were deliberately designed to make people consider the two points of view when it came to changing society. yes, well, my dad was a pacifist. i'm not going out with a gun or a stick or a stone. there was violence against gay
and their family story, to shy away from some of the details that may be less savory. instead you chose to write about your parent's incarceration, writing, quote, my parents unconsciously chased whiteness for most of their lives. prison made them realize they were always closer to blackness. what did your parents struggle teach you about your own identity and why the decision to keep that in the book? >> yes, so first and foremost happy 68th birthday to my mom who's watching, and my parents were interesting. a lot of immigrants they'd call them fresh off the boat. they burned the boat to assimilate. my parents brought the boat inside the home. they didn't teach me english until i was 5 years old because they said who needs english, you'll be fine. and they struggled and like many immigrants they worked hard and believed the american dream where anyone can make it but then they were arrested. they went to jail, fought this case against microsoft for ten years, and shattered my life. it was post-9/11. and i was a young student going
know, supported. he certainly was against as jonathan said, he was not in favor of the mueller investigation. that is part of why the former president brought him in, in the first place, was to -- to end that moment in time. and there were things that they agreed on. but there were a number of things they didn't agree on over time. and -- and that began, you know, frankly long before election day. their relationship is nonexistent now. and barr has been, you know, very, very, you know, clear on where he stands on trump in that statement, in his interview with jonathan. that's not something, as we know, that the former president takes very well to, and it's not as if the former president has been willing to, you know, assimilate to criticism better since he left office. so, i don't think that factors into his decision at all. >> and, john, you write about an exchange that took place between president -- then-president trump and attorney general barr before the resignation. could you talk a little bit about -- because essentially, it was the moment that trump said
but this is a genocide open to all people. brian: one of the worst things you said you have seen is 200 inmates told the women to confess their sins. one woman declared she had been a bad person. but now she had to confess her sins she learned chinese and became a better person. when she was done the officer ordered her to disrobe and he raped her. you said you got your hands on top secret information about what the chinese nation wants to do in the world. number one, assimilate or eliminate america. annex neighboring countries, occupation of europe. this is their three-pronged goal. what document did you see, how
but this is a genocide open to all people. brian: one of the worst things you said you have seen is 200 inmates told the women to confess their sins. one woman declared she had been a bad person. but now she had to confess her sins she learned chinese and became a better person. when she was done the officer ordered her to disrobe and he raped her. you said you got your hands on top secret information about what the chinese nation wants to do in the world. number one, assimilate or eliminate america. annex neighboring countries, occupation of europe. this is their three-pronged goal. what document did you see, how
but this is a genocide open to all people. brian: one of the worst things you said you have seen is 200 inmates told the women to confess their sins. one woman declared she had been a bad person. but now she had to confess her sins she learned chinese and became a better person. when she was done the officer ordered her to disrobe and he raped her. you said you got your hands on top secret information about what the chinese nation wants to do in the world. number one, assimilate or eliminate america. annex neighboring countries, occupation of europe. this is their three-pronged goal. what document did you see, how
but this is a genocide open to all people. brian: one of the worst things you said you have seen is 200 inmates told the women to confess their sins. one woman declared she had been a bad person. but now she had to confess her sins she learned chinese and became a better person. when she was done the officer ordered her to disrobe and he raped her. you said you got your hands on top secret information about what the chinese nation wants to do in the world. number one, assimilate or eliminate america. annex neighboring countries, occupation of europe. this is their three-pronged goal. what document did you see, how
since the invasion began. leaving people in hospitals scrambling for cover. plus, [speaking foreign language] >> a chilling look at the danger when russians attacked when you knew ukrainian new clear plan. president zelenskyy says troops are advancing on another one. good morning, it is sunday march the 6th. i am chris jansing. you're watching our special coverage of the war in ukraine. for more on all of these late breaking developments, we're joined by nbc news correspondent molly hunter live in lviv, ukraine. alison barber a border crossing in poland. and ali on capitol hill. molly, let's start with what more we might know about this temporary cease-fire for assimilate evacuations. because yesterday, at this hour, we were talking about the possibility of them going across the border. that stop, the cease-fire broken.
you see, the opera has that world where it takes place, it's true, but the real issue of the opera is something else. there is a 14—year—old boy who betrays his father and accuses him of murder in a blood libel case and becomes the crown witness in this court case. now, why does the boy do that? because he wants to assimilate. he wants to step out of the old identity of this religiousjewish lifestyle, and he wants to step out and be one of the outside world — the hungarians, the christians, not the jewish old identity. and the stepping out is combined with the luring of this outside world, of, "come, come be one of us." but it doesn't work.
witness in this court case. now, why does the boy do that? because he wants to assimilate. he wants to step out of the old identity of this religiousjewish lifestyle, and he wants to step out and be one of the outside world — the hungarians, the christians, not the jewish old identity. and the stepping out is combined with the luring of this outside world, of, "come, come be one of us." but it doesn't work. and then, at the end, the boy goes back to the family and this how, how to come to terms with what happened,