senate candidates facing a abortion scandal. and mike powers response the point of republican voters caring about this kind of rope hockey. and, the athletes are asked to fill out a state medical form with menstrual information. why this is causing new privacy concerns. after that decision. and later, you remember barney? you know. the singing purple dinosaur that kids were obsessed with? you probably don t know about the barbie barney fall out. that some say started current heat culture. i ll speak live with the drummer for, of the new documentary that everyone will be talking about this week. and a good sunday morning to you all. i am katie fang. we begin this morning s show with the latest on the war in ukraine. and that huge explosion that destroyed part of a strategic bridge. early saturday morning, linking russia with crimea. three people were killed in the blast, and now, vladimir putin has ordered an investigation. nbc s cal perry is alive in kyiv with more, t
gratification. you kick the door in guns blazing and whatever happens happens. stop that, he s not my dad. sketches are a really fun way to talk about the culture with a quick turnaround. and i sketch you are satirizing life. satirizing. no, satirizing. my brain hurts. when you know people are improvising you are on the edge of your seats. everything you see tonight is being made up on the spot, we can t stress it enough. where is my mother? you have to go for it, you have to commit. i m rick james,one. we, we are going to do a sketch show. you don t comedy is like a concerto with all of its complications. sketch comedy is like a sex pistol song where people get in and get out and somebody gets hurt. i am so full of anticipation that my genitals are sucked up into my body company. sketches a really great way to deliver, do, because you can say so much. the best come in with a point of view about something they want to say. it makes it does feel any b
- you know what? that looks like fire! - comedy without black people would be like the nba without black players. (kevin screaming) - your biggest, biggest superstars in comedy have been black. (eddie yelling) - just genius and hilarious. - yeah, i said it. (audience cheering) - the chappelle show redefined sketch comedy. - i m rick james, bitch. (audience laughing) - in living color set up a platform for black comedians blowing up. - i don t think so. homie don t play that. (audience laughing) - arsenio hall was, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo. it was groundbreaking. - [audience] woo, woo, woo, woo, woo. - you had a black man willing to fight the power. - nice being out of jail. (audience laughing) - laughter is healing, laughter purifies the air. actually i don t like to talk about the races, because i m white. - and we, as black people, have been doing it forever. - i am, this is a freckle. (audience laughing) - all black comedians discuss race. - it s harder being gay than i