delivered and this terrorist leader is no more. people around the world no longer need to fear the vicious and determined killer. al zawahiri, the second in command to osama bin laden during the 9/11 attacks as well as the attack on u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania in 1998 and the uss cole in 2000, killing 17 service members, took over the terrorist organization after bin laden s death in 2011 and was killed on the balcony of a taliban-linked safehouse in kabul, afghanistan. to those around the world who continue to seek to harm the united states, hear me now. we will always remain vigilant and we will act and we will always do what is necessary to ensure the safety and security of americans at home and around the globe. i ll be joined this hour by white house homeland security adviser elizabeth sherwood randall and intelligence committee chairman senator mark warner for more on this major national security development and the future of al qaeda and the taliban. a
china claims taiwan as part of its territory, despite having never controlled it and repeatedly warned against pelosi visiting the island, vowing to take resolute and forceful measures if the visit goes forward. john kirby addressed the trip on cnn last hour. there s no reason for the chinese rhetoric, there s no reason for any actions to be taken. it is not uncommon for congressional leaders to travel to taiwan. it is very much in keeping with our policy and consistent with our support to taiwan under the taiwan relations act. we shouldn t be as a country, we shouldn t be intimidated by that rhetoric or those potential actions. this is an important trip for the speaker to be on. we re going to do whatever we can to support her. cnn is on capitol hill, but we begin with will ripley in taipei, taiwan. will, what can you tell us the latest about this announcement of the speaker s trip? reporter: well, for one thing, this is not going to be, you know, a fueling brief stop
Of alberto giacometti, playing diego giacometti. This is a story that i didnt know and a story that Stanley Tucci, strolling along in paris 25 years ago in one of the bouquinistes along the seine, and picked up this memoir of this American Writer called james lord, whod sat for giacometti in his final days in paris. This is what the story is based on. James lord himself, its his memoir, and played by actor armie hammer, who is the very patient subject of giacometti, who, if you know his work, and there is an exhibition currently at the tate, i do urge you to see that, it does feature a lot of the work. He got very famous for the whittled down sculptures, trying to get to the essence of humanity in an absurd world. Stanley tucci being the impish character actor that he is doesnt really concentrate on the dark heart of the work, more the struggle of the artist and the pain that it is to sit for that artist because he cant make up his mind when his work is finished, if ever. So here is ar
He got very famous for the whittled down sculptures, trying to get to the essence of humanity in an absurd world. Stanley tucci being the impish character actor that he is doesnt really concentrate on the dark heart of the work, more the struggle of the artist and the pain that it is to sit for that artist because he cant make up his mind when his work is finished, if ever. So here is armie hammer playing james lord trying to work out how long he should book his vacation for. The end of the week. Yeah. 0h, isee. I could change it again. I would like to know, you know, how many days do you need . Oh, i dont know, i think it would be great to work for another week. A week . A week, yes, i think a week would be good. A week is fine. I canjust move my flight next wednesday. Would that. Wednesday. Yes, when state is fine. Lets say wednesday. 0k, good. But then. What . Theres no question of the portrait ever being finished so. No, of course. Thats the great geoffrey rush, of course. It is. S
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