From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Charlie Eugene Oneill is one of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century. He wanted the nobel prize for literature. Onewon the nobel prize for literature. He has been called the father of american theater, paving the way for arthur miller, Tennessee Williams come and tony kushner. His life was hard. His mother was a morphine addict and out the hall at. Oneill channeled life into his work. The iceman cometh is one of his most powerful plays. He describes as a big comedy that doesnt stay funny very long. It focuses on the regulars of a new york city saloon who have numbed themselves with alcohol and delay acting on their dreams. The play was revived at chicago. That production is currently at the Brooklyn Academy of music. A reporter from the New York Times says it is enacted by a cast that is not likely to be better this season. Joining me now are two Tony Awardwinning actors. Nathan lane and brian dennehy. Im pleased to have
Joining me today on studio 1. 0, thank you so much for joining us. How do you feel about that word, incendiary . Guest do these people will remember you. Emily you were born in sri lanka, what was the state of the country . Guest i was born in 1976. The war broke out between the ethnic minority and the buddhist majority. My dad was in the civil service, my mom was a nurse. My dad was able to insinuate himself to get posted to the Canadian High Commission to the sri lankan High Commission in canada. We were 61 myself, my sister and myself broke out. My dad was a communist organizer. There was huge pushback. There was a lot of pressure on my father to a point where we just couldnt reasonably return to sri lanka without his life for our life not being in some shortage of pretty. So, we felt for refugee status. The canadian government out of the goodness of their hearts gave us refugee status. It is probably not supposed to turn off the tray but it did. Emily did you go from being fairly w
Involved. The motive still a mystery. And on the road again. Its day three of my red nose bike challenge ride from boston to new york. I think the tough tessest day is behind me. Im on the north fork of long island but is today iffy weather, today, tuesday, may 19, 2015. Announcer live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Weve got willie just sitting here while matt pedals and pedals trying to get to studio 1a. Pedaling through the raindrops. This is day through. How is the red behind . Hello . Hey, now. Willie, dont be afraid to jump out of the chair and jump on a bike. Okay . Im joining you, matt, later. Good. Good. Looking forward to that. It is day three. Yesterday, ill be honest with you, was very, very difficult. It is a lot flatter where i am today. But as you can see, the rain is falling. It is supposed to rain for the next several hours so were going to get wet and sore today but it is all for a great cause. And it
Shocking act of cruelty against a helpless puppy. Now this man is facing felony animal abuse charges. He was supposed to be taking care of his friends dog. Instead police say he just let him waste away. Good evening. 26yearold soon is facing felony charges for starve felony charges for starving his friends dog to death. Leslie is live at the Peninsula Humane Society with the story tonight. Nestle leslie. The started with he mace yaishted body of puppy with a micro chip and led to an arrest. In a case Officials Say an extreme example of animal cruelty. One of the worst they have ever seen. The the puppy named penny much like these dog was found dead. Stuffed in a shoe box with a toy and neatly folded towel in pacifica last january. Just the way the dog was placed like that. What did next was scan the dog with micro chip and. The owner went to china and left the dog in the care of a friend. Test confirm the cause of death was starvation. That content in the bone marrow and we tested that
Have these parties gone too far . I really really really really like you and an unlikely pair, the oscar winner tom hanks lipsyncing his way into Carly Rae Jepsens heart. I really really really really like you starring in her hilarious new video. How did this partnership happen . I really really really really really like you okay. Greetings on the cruelest day of the year for morning anchors. Dont forget to set your clocks ahead by an hour. Im glad that we already did otherwise we wouldnt be here. It is spring forward. One less hour of sleep for all of us. And that hour really counts when you wake up at 3 00 in the morning. It really does. So, if were dragging today you know why, however, no amount of sleep deprivation can diminish the historic value and emotional punch of what weve been seeing playing out in selma, alabama, this week. 50 years after peaceful civil rights activists were beaten on that very bridge, president obama right there leading a new march and saying the struggle