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On the international front. roseanne, probably the most story of the weekend. apparently the show goes on without her. what does that mean? >> i think the only thing that can go badly for them when they try to reboot it and comes out as the connors -- >> neil: there's history it works. >> but with roseanne not there -- >> people like roseanne because she's bold, outspoken. she made the show what it was. spin offs rarely work. >> it's tough to know what people want to tune in. there's 200 extra cast and crew. it's great that they have a shot to make it work. it's hard to see. if you don't have ...

And then the third part of it. >> spin-offs. reports vladimir putin has also invited kim jong-un to come to russia. what might the logic be here in terms of russia inviting the supreme leader to come? >> first of all, russia, the old soviet union, was the main patron of north korea until the fall of the berlin wall. they basically allowed north korea to survive and had sent food and this and that. what we've seen with putin over the last six, eight years, him injecting himself on the world stage in areas where he wants to have some agency. and i think he does have some agency here. he has a lo...

You're trying to sell into china and india and latin america and africa. are directors and producers recognizing that? >> well, what's interesting is that that was what kept african-american actors out of blockbusters for the longest time. in the absence of evidence that black stars worked internationally, they were by and large marginalized in blockbusters. however, the interesting thing is that blockbusters create stars. it's the idea that's the star. so that chris pratt was a television star and is now a movie star that can green light a movie. not only is the "black panther" going to get m...

Matter the strength or size of storm, it has to do with the counterclockwise as i understand and as it moves over land we get the possibility of weak spin-offs of tornadoes, the problem is a lot of are rain rafts, we can't see them coming you have weather radios, you want to make sure they are on. the problem, eric, we tell people to go to the lowest portion of the home with tornado and with storm surge the highest level of the home, so it's just -- there are no words except prayers right now and hopefully people are listening to their local officials. eric: prayers and thoughts of nation for ...

Seen and got huge laughs. >> something said not to move until my finger has clearly played the piece. >> what's taking so long? >> i'd like to train the strategy like a general leading his troops into battle. >> check mate. >> i think "frazier" probably stands as the single most successful spin offs at least in the history of sitcoms. >> and the emmy goes to. >>" frazier." >> "frazier." >> five million americans watched thursday night. that was at the time 1/3 of the country. >> oh, what is this stuff? >> the sweater it's angora. >> well, it's wonderful. >> the machine that was nbc in the '90s...