zeinab badawi, from the world economic forum in davos. my guest is humanitarian, activist and hollywood actor forest whitaker. he s probably best known for his oscar winning role ten years ago as the ugandan dictator idi amin in the last king of scotland, and he s remained deeply involved with uganda through his work with the whitaker peace & development initiative, which helps young people living in communities affected by violence across several continents. he s also a special envoy for unesco and a member of the un s advocacy group on sustainable development goals. but can celebrity activists like him be real agents for change? forest whitaker, welcome to hardtalk. it s great to be here with you. now, in your acting career, you ve been a very, very versatile actor. mainstream, popularfilms like rogue one: a star wars story, and also the great debaters, back in 2007, about black students striving for equality. mm hm. do you like to act in any genre of films? i m trying to c
for a future british deal after brexit? second time lucky? prosecutors in south korea get another shot at arresting the big boss of samsung. malaysian police have detained a second woman in connection with the killing of a man who s believed to be kimjong nam, the half brother of the north korean leader, kim jong un. she was identified from security camera footage at kuala lumpur international airport. let s get the very latest from our correspondent, karishma vaswani, is kuala lumpur. what is the latest? the investigation has been fluid. information is changing by the hour. this morning we received a statement from the royal malaysian police that said an indonesian woman, one carrying an indonesian passport, was arrested last night alone and they did not say where she was detained. what we understand is that she was identified from the cctv footage taken from the scene of the crime. this is the second arrest from this investigation so far. but three days on from the death of
these are the slicers. they slice people up. they wanted me to walk up and go like this. some of the president at his rally in pennsylvania last night and much, much more of that. good morning, everyone. it s friday, august 3rd. welcome to morning joe. we have a number of important developments to get through this morning, including a stark warning from the intel community. russia is at it again. they ve got the public s attention, but what about the president s? does he care? what s going on? plus, dan coats speaks truth to power, again. the director of national intelligence admits he still does not know what the president told vladimir putin last month in helsinki. think about it. the director of national intelligence. and ivanka trump says that it was a low point for her when the separations of children from their family were happening
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Donald trump s purported activities, having to do with the middle east through jared kushner, were influenced by this promise or potential promise of personal enrichment. that is right. for six years, on your program, i have been sounding the alarm about jerry kushner being a walking talking conflict of interest. mainly because of his personal financial troubles, which we have described before. but i was concerned about him having access to top secret information through security clearances. then being able to manage nuclear technology expert policies, especially with regard to the saudis. and, now the conduct of american foreign policy in the middle east. what we are really concerned about is, when did the saudis get in return for basically making a two billion dollar investment in his fund? because as you pointed out before, the saudi economic