Provided by the following. Additiona l funding provided by these funders. And by bloomberg, a provider of m ultimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. It would be so good to go back. The hunger in my belly is so i guess it all boils down to rose Frank Langella is here, he once said i like monsters, i like mystery men, langella made a habit of playing both n 1979 he appeared as a seductive count dracula opposite Lawrence Olivier, 30 years later he portrayed an aging Richard Nixon in frost nixon and now takes on the play that has been called too huge for the stage. King lear. He appeared in the title role of shakespeares epic tragedy at the Brooklyn School of music through february 9th. I am pleased to call him a friend and pleased to have him back at this table. The good to be here. Rose good to see you and having seen the performance i agree with all of those critics who are rav
She does 120 live webcasts called in bed with joan, and fashion police, both of which produced with her lovely daughter melissa. I wanted joan rivers on this program for all of years ive been doing it. I was saying when she walked on set she was the very first comic i saw do live standup. I came to l. A. To try to make my mark. I was working for tom bradley, the late great mayor of the city. I got to know bernice and george because of the mayor and i would sneak upstairs to watch you at carlos aand charlies. Its a full circle moment. So sweet. You came here to make where did you come from. Indiana, midwest. Very brave. Im always impressed with people that leave home to go someplace to do well. Im impresses with you for a lot of reasons. Lets start the mutual admiration society. Okay. So many things im impresses about, one is too bad. I was saying when you walked on the set part of what separates those who make it from those who dont is a level of energy, you can be gifted, you can be t
Directly but you can bet the answer is yes. Mali anywhere where we think al qaeda might be active and theres a war zone, which mali is, would be covered. I have to wrap it up. Define imminent. I cant. You cant. And its imminent is not like an hour or a day. The memo defines imminent in such a way that it could be, you know, pretty soon, which again gives the executive branch enormous life or death powers. Jeffrey toobin, i knew youd have the answers or ones we can get to. Thats all the time we have. Thanks for watching. Newsronewsroom international next. Welcome to newsroom international. Im Suzanne Malveaux. Taking you around the world in 60 minutes. Whats going on now. Austria, american skiing sensation lindsey vonn has been airlifted to a hospital after a serious crash on the slopes today. It happened during Opening Event at the alpine ski World Championships. The hospital says she suffered a complex knee injury. Vonn is a fourtime World Champion and olympic gold medalist. More of a
Put hundreds of dollars back in your wallet. And a good monday earning to you. We begin with a big change afoot in an iconic american institution. For generations, becoming a boy scout was an american tradition, but not for all. Today, the boy scouts of america signaled they are ready to drop their ban on gay scouts and scout leaders. And abcs david muir is here to tell us why this ban may finally be ending. Reporter tonight, a spokesman for the boy scouts of america confirming to abc news, they are close to ending the ban on gays, scouts and leaders, meeting early next week. For more than 100 years, the boy scouts of america have been shaping young minds. But tonight, proof some of those young minds are now shaping the very leaders at the top. The boy scouts of america could soon lift the ban on gay scout leaders and gay scouts themselves. It would effect scouts like Ryan Andresen of florida, who started as a cub scout at 6, earning all 21 merit badges in his lifelong dream of becomin
Yeah, just because im gave. And your mom started a petition. Yes. I love mothers like that. Is your mother in the audience . Good for you. Reporter his mom and his dad starting that petition boy scouts, dont let your antigay policy deny my son his eagle award. Late today, i asked ryans father what he makes of the boy scouts on the verge of a major change. The short answer is, its about time. You know, one of the points of the scout law is that you have to be honest and trustworthy and these kids have not bnl allowed to do that. Reporter jennifer tells the story of cruise, who wanted to be a cub scout, so, she became the den leader. Before i knew it, i was living a life of merit badges and knots. Reporter but she says she was then fired, told her Sexual Orientation did not meet the high standards of conduct. It would be a distraction. Well, im not a distraction. Alicia is not a distraction. We are moms. And we are americans. Reporter her boy wiping away tears. But its not just pressure