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
the beat starts right no. thank you, nicolle. tonight split. caller: junkies are eyeing seven states where biden or trump could win. if there s one thing actually that both these campaigns agree on, is this race will turn on what you see, not on i, say new york state even if trump spent the last month there, hold you rallies in a state we lost by 20 points last night. neither will the racily decided in texas. for all focus on what the candidates are doing, what s happening out there as they campaign and make their arguments, what could matter more, and i ll tell you what people are talking about. basically anything but the campaign. check the front pages in these states, and you ll see stories about weather, housing, today s holiday of juneteenth, you won t see any major story in these kay states about the election at all. even as we know they pick the nominees, and there s plenty to cover the debate. the stories are about local issues or weather, but not 2024. monito
And iraq. And at wimbledon, the elimination of kyle edmund means there are four british players in the last 32. Its 5pm. Our main story President Trump has arrived in germany, ahead of a two day g20 summit. This afternoon Air Force One touched down in hamburg. Security has been stepped up in the city as thousands of people are expected to demonstrate at numerous events across the city on issues including Climate Change. Its not overstating things to say this summit could shape how the world responds to its most pressing issues for years to come. This is why, on the issue of Climate Change which Angela Merkel has chosen as the central theme, well, the United States and its president are out of sync with the vast majority of the world and how to respond. He is pulling america out of the paris Climate Change accord. Well start to understand what that will mean in practical terms as the rest of the world pushes on. Then there is globalisation, a surprising amount of agreement whether you a
The entire court things about a case. Sometimes there is also a dissent, and it is not a dissent that you take with you to the grave. Oh, i said these words meant x and i am aching with that for all time. That for allith time. There are other cases which are more matters of strong conviction where you really hope that what the dissent will be is a kind of marker. It is a marker that says, i disagree with this and i think it is important that the court go no further down this very wrong road. Say,otentially, where you i disagree with this and it will be a good day if the court changes its mind. Extremely been important dissents in american legal history. They have become majority opinion. In most obvious example is that our entire First Amendment tradition started out as a dissent of all over Wendell Holmes all over wendell Wendell Holmesr and Louis Brandeis over what the First Amendment all about. Not every dissent will be like that. Maybe one design your entire life will be like that.