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>> they have great timing and theyre not sugary. nothing is dora but a little more going on with these guys. >> ive always been a fan of the muppets for about 35 years. >> when he walked into the room, he was really such a big muppet fan that we almost couldnt shoot. he kept walking around laughing really loudly. >> laughing. >> yeah. >> and just gawking and kind of drooling a little bit >> reporter: you feel as an actor appearing in a movie with muppets is a step up for you? >> oh, my god, yes....

I think as a place thats pretty open and not as secure in its screening, a lot of other countries that it was an opportunity for terrorists to kind of haven for them to coordinate their activity without a lot of governmental scrutiny. and i think this may be a case where somebody tried to take advantage of that. >> is there -- i mean, you know, as we sort of sift through this to see whether its mechanical or rogue pilots or whatever, does it -- on the issue of terrorism, does it mitigate it agai...

Nbc has put a lot of money into it. the e.p., j.j. abrams. >> looks great. >> the director from "gravity." >> just won the best director award, yeah. >> it has to be enticing given the competition you have against showtime and hbo shows. this seems to be a step up in competing against those type of shows. >> without question. two titans of the industry right now, alfonso and j.j. abrams and extraordinary group of people working on the show and its a gamble. every time you do a network show and t...

We dont have an excuse not to do things bigger. we know the programs that work. we know the curriculum. we have to take the boot off in terms of criminal justice. if we can get in that direction and not just have a beautiful ceremony, ceremonies can be lovely. if the action is followed through, and we use data and evidence and find out what works for 500 kids in houston and 30 kids in washington, d.c., it would be great. >> let me ask you, bill oreilly and al sharpton were in the audience. he ne...

Its sovereignty. those are pretty hideous things on their own. we can point to other awful things he has done, scapegoat my forties in his own country. systematically violating international law. i think thats enough. >> she also said that he was a tough guy with thin skin, those were her words, thats a direct quote. i know you said that hes a playground bully. what do you mean? >> what i mean is thats the way he acts. he dominates, his goal is to dominate. when hes confronted, he obscures and t...

What he did was what everybody expected him to sort of step up and create a great mobilization effort and call in the russians to invade ukraine. instead he acted like a playground bully who said that wasnt me, i didnt break that glass and hes not my friend anyway, while doing exactly what hes been doing and we know what hes been doing. >> youve met with putin more than ten times with various groups, you said his training as an intelligence officer, plays into how he looks at everyone around him...

Any other word thats associated with it in the modern mind. tammany hall was corruption. it was thuggery. it was all sorts of stuff. what else was it that people should know about it that they forget? >> it was about social reform. tammany was about minimum wage, making live easier for immigrants. tammany hall was a voice for the voiceless. it was a friend for the friendless. and that part of tammanys history which was so important in understanding how immigrants became americans, how the workin...

Result of being a fire chief and a gang leader. >> and the scorsese movie "the gangs of new york" had only of these characters in there. when you say tammany hall now, i think, the word association is corruption and maybe theres not any other word thats associated with it in the modern mind. tammany hall was corruption. it was thuggery. it was all sorts of stuff. what else was it that people should know about it that they forget? >> it was about social reform. tammany was about minimum wage, mak...

In this world. that is what drives change in so many parts of the world today. it is partly why the world is in such a state of transformation in so many different places at the same time. we are all connected. we all understand what other people are doing and the choices they have and the lives they get to lead. all over the world, young people are saying, we do not want to be deprived of those opportunities. thats what this is about. it is about all those that value democracy and who support t...

Places at the same time. because were all connected. we all understand what other people are doing and choices they have and the lives they get to lead. and all over the world young people are saying, we do not want to be deprived of those opportunities. thats what this is about. and it is about all those who value democracy and who support the opportunity for this country to join the legions of others who want to practice it. the united states will stand by the ukraineian people as they build a...