Make sure trial doesn t happen, or at least not before the election. and as most important case right now is his argument that he cannot be prosecuted for trying to steal the 2020 election, because he has complete presidential immunity. his lawyers, asserting in a d.c. court hearing, that this immunity extends to the president, hypothetically, ordering the assassination of political rivals by u.s. armed forces, and a whole bunch of other things that you could brainstorm that he could do with no criminal sanctions. we are now awaiting a decision from the d.c. court of appeals on that claim. andrew weissmann served in the department of justice for years. most recently is the prosecutor for special counsel mueller s team. he s now co-host of the team podcast, prosecuting donald trump. greta. here is to have you. first of all, let s talk about timing. arguments more monday? tuesday. when you expect will get something? good chance it will be this upcoming week. maybe another week, but it s going to be fast. the reason for that is they expedited this appeal. this was really, really fast
Idea of the academy, the academy awards, putting barbie in the adapted screenplay category for the oscars instead of original screenplay, he said on twitter, x, that it s insulting to writers. do you agree? you know, i m not a writer and i don t know the rules and the ins and outs of the academy. i think that it you know, that there was no story before greta got her hands on this, to think that anyone handed anything to greta, if anything this ip and the fact that it was barbie was a bigger obstacle toward creating an exciting, new kind of groundbreaking story and character. it s wholly and completely original. and i think that it should have been in the category that the writers chose to submit it in, that said, i m not an academy rules expert, and i don t know. you told mark ronson, the music producer, there s going to be a before barbie and after barbie. how did the world change how
But what greta and her partner noah did with the script and then greta as the director creating this world, it was so generous, and it was so exciting. and you know, as an adult woman, mother, you know, to get a third of the way into the script and then to meet this adult, real, flawed, you know, insecure but having ambition woman like struggling to be, you know, so many things to so many different people, it was so exciting to feel like we had a voice in the story. and you know, that i felt that way independent of being asked to be a part of it, just as a woman in the world. we played a little bit of that speech. what would you say is the standout like the standout message that you wanted and maybe now want even more to get across to young girls and even men? yeah. i mean, that s the other of the generosity of this is that greta and noah didn t only
And an after. it s going to be about opening people s ideas of what s possible in storytelling and what we re capable of. and the women s and girl s stories do sell. yes, their stories are our stories. i grew up my whole life wanting to be tom hanks. you know, i grew up putting myself in men s shoes as a child. like of course men can do the reverse, of course people of all genders can see themselves in each other. it s so simple. but it s also a choice to place value in those stories. and greta and margot took a huge swing and got people to take a marv bet, and they a massive bet, and they delivered. america ferrera, thank you so much. thank you. up next on the show, from the archive, what u.s. marines found when they led the 1990s peacacekeeping f force into o k.
Even though this wuchbt predicted that it would, it s not just a huge success at the box office. i spoke the helen mirren who is the narrator of barbie , and she spoke about that film s success. what does it mean that barbie is getting so much recognition tonight? it s great. it s great for greta, great for women, great for filmmaking in general. it broke so many rules. and she s absolutely right, you know? regardless of the wins and the trophies you bring home, this was a huge win for female filmmaking. greta gerwig. there s so many wins afrom these awards, and margot robbie being not only the star, but a key part in having purchased the rights to even have it made.