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Comfortable when you are the top dog and you see your number twos, you know, top aides sending signals that, you know, they may want your job. this kind of reminds me of a shakespeare plot from macbeth. its already kind of a court atmosphere in the white house, and so this clearly does not make trump happy. "gq" is releasing a big story today saying what if pence becomes a reality in a few years? they talk to a lot of republicans that say this is something on their minds. i think whats interesti...

In the white house tonight, watching cable news coverage, digesting this information that mueller is at the forefront of national news. can the president resist going after him? >> weve seen this. if youre the president, put yourself in his shoes. i try to do this. im thinking, oh, my god, it is like macbeth. the armies are coming toward walls of your castle. they keep advancing. you see the fires lit, the siege towers of the castle. trump doesnt seal like the kind of guy who will let anything h...

Tip of the day in a moment. bill me thinks hillary was given the questions for debate. first of all, me thinks? not really a great use of the language unless youre starring in macbeth. msubeliac,anderson cooper proved himself to be the best moderator of debates thus far. i thought our folks did a better job because mr. cooper forgot the isis and foreign policy department. alabama is an open minded and educated voter, i thought the questions were tough, but the minor candidates did not get enough...

Whatsoever that shakespeare smoked pot. just none. >> so the bit about the residue in the pipes, youre not buying it? whats that about? >> if shakespeare wanted to know about cannabis, he would have opened up a book and see those familiar leaves and you see the description. its good for an earache. nothing about getting high. >> lets read more shakespeare just because i enjoy it and was in macbeth, once upon a time, as a man. "weary with toil i haste me to my bed the dear repose for limits with ...

Debunking it. >> in central park, opening night tonight, tell everybody, go see great plays across this country. shakespeare lives on stage. >> beyond the fact that he never needed that double espresso for his genius, what is the most fascinating piece about him to you? >> for me, that he was able to create new plays again and again. never the same play. always challenging himself. always figuring out how can i write something that i havent written before. >> james shapiro, thank you so much for...

Congress, you know, we had an election. we have regular elections in this country. the polls show that the american people wanted to slow down if not reverse the presidents agenda on health care and other issues. so they put the republicans back in charge of the house. they would have done it in the senate, too, if the republicans would have had better candidates, especially in delaware and nevada. but i think youre going to see that happen this fall. so for the president to blame the media, can...

The 1600s, the time shakespeare wrote the play. >> "macbeth" mirrors a life of tragedy but also brings about understanding because when you look into something and you see yourself, and you understand yourself, you understand the world. >> what is the relationship between "macbeth" and banquil? shakespeare doesnt fill in that gap. are they friends? does he feel some loyalty? does he feel some ambivalence? on the one hand, this is the prince and the father of the prince they have to get rid of. >...

Affairs of witchery and death with the skills of mere mortals such as macbeth. >> its a nice two-way collaboration. i think thats very important for the segregated population in particular, a chance that their voices are heard. that theres an audience awaiting what they are writing. the authors there have been very much aware that they want to speak to the general population through shakespeares language. >> its not a vacation. and time we dare not waste. >> this is the first time iras white, on...

>> we chose "macbeth" as our main text for a lot of important reasons. the idea of looking at the choices that this character makes, someone who is in aristotles terms a tragic hero. hes a noble man, an honorable man, a good man who made bad choices. >> im in prison for murder. um, i got 60 years for murder. but im the hero now. >> i will say for whiskey, to recruit these gutter tramps. they aint trained and they are going against this valued general. what im saying is, thats risky, right? >> ev...

The choices he made, you know, taking his punishment, no matter how much he tried to go in and around it to fix it, it just got worse and worse, you know. and thats what its like with our cases. choices was mistakes and now were paying for it. >> his mind still aint fully focused on the deeds ahead and now he stumbles along making plans and thats why he makes mistakes. >> the inmates not only read and discuss shakespeare, they rewrite scenes in their own words. >> banquo, the songs on the radio,...