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Royal babies, no weiner jokes, maybe, i got nothing against weiner but we got more to talk about, like the countrys war on drugs and would we be better off if we legalized them? and the nsa hijack, david car and david simon creator of the wire and chefs gone wild. ill share my favorite cocktail with my special guests and god help us, cronuts. joining me now david carr from "the new york times" and david carnes the creator of the wire. >> briefly, too briefly. >> its been 40 years since nixon d...

Im anthony in for piers. im talking to david carr and david simon of "the wire." we have prism that vacuums up apparently all data and allows access to online activity, basically your call, hoovers up your call records, presumably as well as hitting keywords. do you have a problem with this? >> well, whenever i feel somebodys hands up my skirt im always sort of interested in what exactly they are trying to find up there. people say well, if you have nothing to hide, why would it bother you? it d...

And train him. what has me excited, creeds grandson is reportly to be played by pikal b. johns are, who is currently serving in "fruitvale station." i cant tell you how much i love, love, love it. it opens in wide release this weekend on july 26th. michael b. jordan, if you look at his face and think where have i seen him? he has a cult firing. hes been on "the wire" and "friday night lights" but this is a step up for him, and also for ryan cube her, just graduating from usc film school, so i th...

To react. >> so i was just like in shock that there was a cable there looking at me. i didnt know if i was going to hit it or not. and then like i hit it. but i felt like i didnt hit the bike because of just the way i flipped over it, it was just weird. it was crazy. >> also there for the final performance, al bazner aka yum yum the clown. he is from mid michigan. >> i sensed something, caught something out of the corner of my eye. knew that it was not a good thing. >> in the front row, al immed...

Have officially won, at least when it comes to television. pro tag gee nists of days past have been replaced by antiheroes like tony soprano, don draper, and dexter. a new book by gqs brett martin, difficult men, follows the people who brought these characters to life, the show creators and a no less difficult group of men, the shows, the sopranos, the wire, breaking bad, dead wood have taken us into what martin calls the third golden age of television. gone are the days when television was the ...

Buildings romans so if you sit down and watch all of the episodes at once. >> the wire, michael, that is very much beyond a reflection of american society. that was almost the rosetta stone for what is happening in certain parts of american culture, in street culture, in drug kit tur. it was a reference points and remains a reference point for politicians. >> the untold parts. my favorite part about this story is i remember when broadcast networks were saying good quality television is going to ...

Your great grandfather karl fell to his death during an act when he was 73. you were one trip away, arent you, from calamity? >> it is true. but it comes down to training and preparation. the reason my great grandfather lost his life, that wire was rigged improperly which caused him to go down to the safety of that wire and he did that. the sad part was he was 73 and had a double hernia and injured collarbone and couldnt hold on. ive trained since i was 2 to go down and grab that wire. if there ...

If i kick this end, it comes back through this way. >> what have you trained for in terms of the the way you fall. >> my entire life, if winds are getting too gusty, i wrap around the wire and hold on as much as 30 minutes. the rescuers will be to me in 30 seconds. my grandfather did what he was supposed to. the problem was he wasnt supposed to be walking the wire. he had an injured hernia and collarbone. >> what were some of the thoughts you had when you hit the ground again. >> this was a drea...

The walk over the grand canyon. a lot of national attention. more about that. and your kids do that too? >> they all walk the wire, not professionally. >> think they might go professional? >> i doubt it. not looking that way. >> walk across new york, chrysler building to the empire state building? >> thats the dream. >> thats your dream? >> it is. >> more with the incredible nik >> more with the incredible nik wallenda [ male announcer ] erica had a rough day. there was this and this. she got a ...

The walk over the grand canyon. a lot of national attention. more about that. and your kids do that too? >> they all walk the wire, not professionally. >> think they might go professional? >> i doubt it. not looking that way. >> walk across new york, chrysler building to the empire state building? >> thats the dream. >> thats your dream? >> it is. >> more with the incredible nik wallenda, when we return on "hannity." a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in...