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with the federalist joins me. leslie lowry a reporter with the washington post joins me as well. great to have both of you on. molly, you thought meryl's speech was a dud. why? >> well, it's this thing that apps happens when you tune into an awards show and you find that everything gets politicized. so meryl streep gave this very emmattic sermon lecturing middle america about how awful they are. she said that hollywood is a victim. they are the most vilified people in the country as if privileged actors are really people who are victimized. she made fun of people who watch mma and football. this is the kind of condescension that i think people are really not pleased with. she wasn't empathetic. much of her words were lovely talking about the need for empathy but she wasn't oevery threating in trying to feel for
amendment protections we do. if she believes as she stated this was so objectionable at what point does she have an obligation to use her platform to say something. >> we know lots of celebrities will be in washington after that inauguration. >> it's also true thatted hollywood has a problem with not enough diversity of voices. they are a group of people that represent the same idea. it should reflect american society, draw from all parts of american society. it is a to the doing it right now. >> milliony, leslie, thank you very much. still to come here on cnn, even though mr. trump still has not acknowledged that russia tried to meddle in the election my next guest explores the possibility that trump is playing putin, not the other way around. plus trump's team boots the inauguration announcer. this is a man who has been doing this for decades, for the last 11 presidents. he joins me live on how heart broken he is.
people who voted for someone who she didn't. >> leslie? >> i think it's interesting that the incoming president of the united states decided to get into a twitter fight with a movie star. this actress has a presidential medal of freedom. this is the incoming president undermining her significance in american culture and american history. look, i think very often when we see celebrities get involved in politics one way or another which is certainly theireck right the way we all have it. we have a breakdown. kohn conservatives disagree when celebrities say liberal things against their politics and vice versa. i think the action has been broken down along those lines. this is not dissimilar than scott baio giving a speech at the rnc. in pack this is arguably
what happens in donald trump's america. right now people are worried about what might be to come. >> leslie lowry was there in ferguson and wrote "they can't kill us all." a new era in america's racial justice move. now a new new era. thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. a man hunt is under way in san antonio for a suspect accused of killing a police officer. 20-year veteran officer benjamin marconi was shot inside his cruiser while writing a ticket. a man walked up to the window and shot him through the head. police weighed in on the motive. >> i think the uniform was the target. anyone who -- first person who happened along was the person he targeted. >> up to $25,000 is being offered as a reward for any
sweet, washington bureau chief of the chicago sun times. she's back with us. and leslie lowry, thank you for being with me again. let's start with this "wall street journal" headline. he cited the failure to indict darren wilson for the shooting of michael brown is a major turning point. we have to consider the domino of tensions from that leading into staten island, eric garner and then the shooting of the two police officers. wesley, how do you see this shaping the 2016 race? >> it's going to be really interesting. one of the things that is going to be interesting is how race factors in to the cast of characters than you do on the left than the right. there doesn't seem to be strong candidates of color. in the republican side, you have