wendell pierce is one of the most accomplished actors in america today. you probably know him from the wire, suits, his role injack ryan. we flew down to new orleans to talk to him about what it takes to become a great actor, but also his love of that city and his time there in hurricane katrina. wendell, it s so good to see you. so good to see you. welcome to new orleans. thank you for having me to your home town. last time we met was in la. i m much happier that we re meeting here. yes, i know, it s beautiful. you suggested the world war ii museum. yeah, i suggested it because my dad fought in saipan during world war ii and it really made an impact on me, you know. he would talk about it briefly, and then he went through some things, some challenges afterwards that showed you how to deal with adversity. and so it taught me a lot. and so i like to come here as it expands. it really shows the sacrifices that people made, that the country made. it really shows you how to stur
you how to deal with adversity. and so it taught me a lot. and so i like to come here as it expands. it really shows the sacrifices that people made, that the country made. it really shows you how to sturdy your character. it s an incredible museum. look at this amazing. it s a cool building. architectural design. very cool. gives you an idea of the planes and the warships that were there. and the rain held off for us. and the rain held off. i had a horrible feeling we had a big storm coming. no, no, no. not foryou, katty. she laughs so, wendell, you ve been in an extraordinary number of hit productions. jack ryan, the wire, suits. onstage recently in death of a salesman. is there a method to the way you choose your parts? erm. good writing. i try to do projects. i used to be a theatre snob, you know, when i first got out of conservatory. what is a theatre snob? you know when you re getting out ofjuilliard and you re like, i only do theatre, you know. the trite work that is o
on resuming high level military communication and slowing the production of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid responsible for tens of thousands of drug overdose deaths in the us. however, the leaders are still at odds over taiwan, with president xi calling it the biggest and most dangerous issue in bilateral ties. beijing considers it part of its territory while the us maintains unofficial relations with taiwan as a democratically self governed island. here s what president biden told leaders about the us china relationship on thursday. our discussions will always be candid and constructive. states does not seek conflict. we announced military to military communication to reduce the risk of accidental miscalculation. joining us now from san francisco is sumi somaskanda. sumi, you ve been there covering this apec summit all week. what s the latest there? on the very last full day of the summit, you might hear the rain coming down, people wrapping up their meetings, some meetings
are continuing to leave the north of the territory after the israeli army gave them a six hour window to head south. families with young children and babies carried what they could some making the journey in carts pulled by donkeys. the israeli army spokesman said an estimated 50,000 gazans fled south on wednesday. heavy, close quarters fighting is continuing between israeli forces and hamas militants in the ruins of gaza city, with battles said to be nearing the al quds hospital. gunfire these are the scenes in the west bank. the palestinian authority says ten palestinians have been killed and at least 20 wounded during an israeli army raid on jenin refugee camp. israel s military said it was conducting counter terrorism raids injenin, but gave no further details. more than 170 palestinians are reported to have been killed by israeli forces in the occupied west bank since the attack by hamas on israel on october 7. in the past few minutes, the palestinian group islamic
boeing planes crashed, killing 346 people. boeing said that the allegations were thoroughly investigated and that it analysis determined there were no safety concerns. the firm said it s reviewing the newly released documents and will thoroughly investigate any new plane. turning to the chip industry, shares of micron have fallen by around 7% in extended trading in new york. the firm beat revenue estimates for the fiscal third quarter, powered by the artificial intelligence boom. however, its forecasts were weaker than what analysts expected. some analysts expected. a lot of attention in the industry has been on chip giant nvidia. its shares have also struggled recently, although it briefly overtook microsoft last week as the world s most valuable company. technology industry analyst bob o donnell explained the market reaction. you re starting to get some unrealistic expectations. i think that s been triggering some of the moves of nvidia and macron and others. i think people