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Film maker and comedian bonnie mcfarlane. owner of the red rooster in harlem market marcus samuelsson. actor, activist, from the greatest television show of all time "the wire" and currently "the michael j. fox show," wendell pierce. and hes probably getting more hate mail at cnn than i am, don lemon. good guys. party gets started already. salud. all right. in detroit people are pointing to an influx of galleries, pop-up restaurants. theres no doubt -- i dont doubt that in the future sooner or l...

Now. >> thats why weve tried to situation search wait it in something real. gary of thing. the humor grows out of the situation. >> are there particular members of congress who you guys talked with like as consultants for this? >> im so staying away from this part of the conversation. >> so i did talk to several members of congress in the course of this, and one, and its come out already, chuck schumer has a cameo in an episode in the middle of the season because both he and the character played...

Democracy has documented, the conservative epi operates out of the same suite as a firm owned by lobbyist richard berman. in fact, berman is the principal officer of the employment policies institute, one of which bloomberg reported are five tax-exempt groups that operate out of bermans office and have paid his firm more than $15 million. berman was once identified by the nickname dr. evil in a "60 minutes" profile. hes sought to prevent regulations on tobacco and lobbied for restaurant chains t...

As omar and the wire would say. you guys got a lobbying operation in washington, d.c., you got clients. they dont want the minimum wage to be raised, because they dont want to pay the workers more money. this is the way washington works. why pretend theres some independent institute thats churning out position papers. why not be clear about what you guys are up to? >> were not pretending anything. the employment policies institute has been around for 20 years. we are a 5013c nonprofit. >> anyone...

Owner of the red rooster in harlem, actor, activist are. from the greatest television of all-time, "the wire." wendell pierce. and hes probably getting more angry now at cnn than i do. don lemon. good guys. this party is started already. >> salud. >> in detroit people are pointing to an influx of artists, galleries, popup restaurants. theres no doubt, i dont doubt, that in the future, sooner or later, hopefully sooner, detroit will improve. things will get better. it may contract, it may be diff...

Owner of the red rooster in harlem market, actor, activist. from the greatest television of all time, "the wire" currently "the michael j. fox show," wendell pierce. and hes probably getting more hate mail at cnn than i am, don lemon. good guys. party gets started already. salud. all right. in detroit people are pointing to an influx of galleries, pop-up restaurants. theres no doubt -- i dont doubt that in the future sooner or later, hopefully sooner, detroit will improve. things will get better...

City -- in poverty-ridden neighborhoods. there are no tougher cuts of meat. there are no -- >> what we have is processed food. >> processed food. thats our toughest kind of meat. >> ill never forget in "the wire" when theyre sending kids to school giving them bags of ho-hos and things. are you into foraging? >> i forage at night in my left crisper in my fridge. a lot of weird things in there. listen. we have fat homeless people which i think means this is the greatest country in the world. i don...

Neighborhoods. there are no tougher cuts of meat. there are no -- >> no, what we have is processed food. >> thats our toughest kind of meat. >> ill never forget in "the wire" when theyre sending kids to school giving them bags of ho-hos and thing. are you into foraging? >> i forage at night in my left crisper in my fridge. we have fat homeless people which i think means this is the greatest country in the world. i dont know if we should be complaining. >> let me go back to that. what are people ...

Have nothing in our inner city -- in poverty-ridden neighborhoods. there are no tougher cuts of meat. there are no -- >> what we have is processed food. >> processed food. thats our toughest kind of meat. >> ill never forget in "the wire" when theyre sending kids off to school giving them bags of ho-hos and cheetos and things. are you into foraging? >> i forage at night in my left crisper in my fridge. a lot of weird things in there. listen. we have fat homeless people which i think means this i...

>> zindzi tells me she was sitting next to her mother watching that film and overcome with emotion. she cant wait to watch it alone. john, diana. >> thank you. >> i cant wait to see it either. >> i hope it is great. the film will be released in the u.s. thanksgiving weekend. >> by the way, the lead actor in that movie was also the lead actor in the series "the wire," hbo series "the wire." hes an incredible actor. talk about dipping in -- he becomes the person. i think hes -- i dont know, but im...