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Love saudi arabia is going to buy things from the united states and give, you know, thousands of jobs to american citizens and they are our friends all the while barack obama gave billions of dollars to iran. >> rachel: and they're not our friends. >> sean: that's right. lead sponsor of terrorism. let's call balls and strikes on this and be fair. important remain an ally but also call out their human rights abuses. >> rachel: julie i care a lot about human rights. i was disgusted by what happened in that embassy in istanbul. we have relations with china. they are enormous human rights abusers....

>> yes. >> where are you in terms of using art to do there kind work? >> you know, i've always felt like being an artist you have to be socially conscious. when i look at john coltrane the things he did with alabama, and max roach, it's hard to turn a blind tie some of these issues. so throughout my career i've always felt like an artist, part of our job is to document our environment, our community, as we're experiencing it. so hopefully shine a different type of light on it you know. and that's what i've been trying to do with all of my career. that's what we're doing with the c.d. as well. ...