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
might hurt him in any one of his criminal cases? not just high stakes, high unprecedented stakes. great point, john. trump is expected to be leaving trump tower any minute now for what has become an oddly familiar drive to the manhattan courthouse where once inside he could speak to cameras set up in the hallway. he s done it many times before. but today is different. he will then head into the courtroom where cameras are not allowed, have not been allowed since the start of this. once in court wild dynamics comes into play including while testifying trump will be sitting next to a judge that he publicly called a wacko, unhinged and also trump hating. talk about weird dynamics there. this marks the first time that trump himself is facing extensive courtroom questioning since he left the white house, even before opening arguments some, you know, month and plus ago. this judge already found that donald trump is liable for persistent and repeated fraud, and since then has fine
reporting there is dire anxiety inside the democratic party over president biden s path forward. does he have one? what does it look like? what s the plan? the timing of this for the biden supporters, one week from today the first general election debate against former president donald trump. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. this is also happening for the first time since last october fox news polling shows president biden has a slight lead in a two-way match-up against the former president. the small 3-point shift comes after former president trump s criminal conviction and still represents a statistical dead heat because it s inside the margin of error. it is worth noting that trump came down a point, biden goes up two points. a wake-up call to republican supporters of trump. while he may lead in every category in the battleground states, you have to vote. this is not over yet. it is never over for either man. former white house deputy chief of staff
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