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middle of a blizzard. >> the elements are -- all break whatever i need to. >> i don't even know what negative 15 is. tonight, the defendant in the over hurled election trial takes a break from the courtroom to head to the iowa caucuses. then, -- >> every day, mike johnson gets closer and closer to this deal, brings me closer and closer to vacating the chair. >> brand-new house speaker already on the outs of the maga caucus, as democrats demand an accounting of the trump presidency. you don't care about the principle that our governmental leaders should not be on the tape from f...

You are presented with another societies caste system, it seems ludicrous on its face. we call them untouchables. you're like, why? when you are in your own version of it, you are so acculturated to it. so the transport across these different boundaries allows you to step outside your own. >> and it's an empathy machine, but also, shocking, i had no clue, and i'm an african american studies major -- i have a degree in african american studies. i had never heard about the fact that american segregation and misogyny shun loss where the blueprint for not see protocols. that's not something that i...

The Underground Railroad. May 15, 2021 Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week: 'Underground Railroad' Director Barry Jenkins Sees Film As An 'Empathy Machine': Jenkins says filming his new series about an enslaved girl who escapes from a plantation was the most difficult project of his career — and one that made him feel closer to his own...

A tear field video posted to facebook by georgia statee lawmaker erika thomas.an the democrat who is pregnant said a white man harassed her in a public grocery store when she had had too many items in her basket. >> this white man comes up to me and says, you lazy son of a [bleep]. he said you lazy son of a [bleep], you need to go back where you came from. and my child is sitting right there. i can't even explain to her why he has so much hate in his heart. >> laura: well, the outrage and empathy machine revved up almost immediately.lm >> you just saw a video go viral from erika thomas, georgi...

Similar to his first film the lives of others which which won the oscar in that film we have the main character is a stasi agent and he is spying on a east german artist but then through this contact with the artist listening to him he understands the life of another and develops empathy and eventually then turns against the evil totalitarian system maybe that's a romantic notion that our can can can can help the world but at least it's a positive one and is quite a positive message for german reunification there and just to tag on to something that you said that the director whose name i shal...