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SAG-AFTRA and WGA members on how the actors and writers strike picket lines can be inaccessible and how to make them safe and more inclusive.

Kevin Bacon and Marisa Tomei showed their support for the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike as they were spotted on Tuesday joining the pickets lines in New York City.

Were not used to them talking about their opponents as being evil. thats what shes doing. thats what shes doing when shes giving shoutouts to prayer warriors. prayer warriors believe theres an angel and demons at all times and that you can control that. >> michael gross, thanks so much for being here. definitely an article worth a full read. michael joseph gross, writer of "vanity fair" with an article about sarah palin. >> also, you can read a full article. its out now. 49 minutes past the ho...

>> nbc news justice correspondent pete williams is live in washington, d.c., what other details have you learned about this man? >> the police say they acted when they thought the hostages were in danger. they say when james lee went into the headquarters yesterday, he did not intend to leave there alive. he told the police negotiators that he was prepared to die and at one point about the three hostages that he was holding, quote, i dont care about these people. so when the police saw the hosta...

You thought we generally agree on things we have been setting up reeducation camps. we call them universities. back in a minute. there is breaking news now on fox news channel. the gunman, the suspected gunman in the hostage situation at silver spring, maryland, discovery headquarters is dead. police confirmed to fox news they shot and killed him as the standoff ended. for concern, the police said they were concerned that the hostages lives were very much in danger as a relative of the suspect...

Out outside the discovery headquarters in 2008. according to montgomery county maryland officials, he organized a protest outside the building and threw money into the air, threw thousands of dollars into the air. he was arrested, found guilty of disorderly conduct. he was given six months of supervised probation. and at the time, i dont know if its still in effect, but at the time, there was an essence a restraining order against him. he was told that he would be juvenile jaild for up to 60 dpa...

Flier that he was using to blanket outside of discovery headquarters not that long ago. on the phone now is clint van sds zandt. this man is on the phone, wants to communicate with police. what does that indicate to you? >> well, thats very positive, as you know, thomas. once we get someone talking, obviously youre not shooting and talking at the same time. but i think the positive thing, my background says its very positive that he has an agenda. its an agenda hes had for quite a while, so what...

Demands, his list of demands that are publicized on his website, he has a passion for whats taking place around the world globally. we know the discovery corporation has the discovery chan, animal planet, tlc, planet green. what more are we learning about h im? >> well, he has a history of protesting against the discovery channel at this very building in suburban washington in maryland. in february of 2008, he was arrested after throwing -- >> lets have you pick up your mike. i think it may have...

Thanks so much. want to recap as we continue our breaking coverage of whats ou. at discovery headquarters, this afternoon around 1:00 a man walked into the lobby with metallic canister devices around his police and waving a handgun. there was no confirmation of shots fired. question to know that he remained on the first floor. this is an ongoing hostage situation. around 1,900 employees were evacuated from the building itself, but police do confirm that this is an ongoing hostage situation, but ...

The discovery channel headquarters. when lee himself grabbed the phone and an nbc news producer spoke to him about ten minutes and recorded the conversation. >> do you have a gun? >> i have a gun and i have a bomb. i have several bombs strapped to my body ready to go off. >> reporter: nbc news elected not to reveal the conversation with lee until the hostage crisis was over. just shy of four hours after the standoff started, police decided to shoot the suspect. >> based on the information that w...