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how big, how deep breath do you have to take before making a movie in the day s egypt, particularly a movie that is about politics, society, culture in your country today? i m going to tell you what everyone around me told me before making that film don t. everyone told me, even my family, everyone knew this film was going to explode in my face at the end. making a political film, or something that has a political statement, it s almost suicide. notjust because the government or the regime, it s because of everyone. everyone we re in the midst of a big division in egyptian society, almost amounts to civil war. maybe the streets, people are not killing each other these days but at some point they did, and the hatred extends to every family member. egyptian families, the first rule of any family gathering is don t talk about politics. so, if everybody, yourfriends, your professional colleagues, everybody said don t, and you did, would it be right to characterise eshte ....
hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. freedom of expression is severely curtailed in egypt. journalists, bloggers, civil society activists and political dissidents have been locked up by the thousand under the sisi regime, which makes the egyptian movie ‘eshteba k‘, or ‘the clash‘ all the more important. the much lauded film paints a remarkable picture of the tumult in egypt which led to the military takeover in 2013. the director is my guest today, mohamed diab. what has happened to the spirit of the tahrir revolution? mohamed diab, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. your movie maker. how big, how deep breath do you have to take before making a movie in the day s egypt, particularly a movie that is about politics, society, culture in your country today? i m going to tell you what everyone around me told me before making that film don t. everyone told me, even my family, everyone knew this film was going to explode in my face. making a politicalfilm ....
down an american movie, censor an american picture it doesn t like, wrong in not calling him first before buckling before a north korean dictator. this is obama laying it on the line in a press conference that signalled all the audacity he s packed into a week since the november election, the deal on climate change, the protective order for people who came here illegally, and including the post of an american ambassador with the communist government in cube a taking questions from all women reporters in today s press conference, where will this obama audacity take us? i m joined by david corn, and by actor, writer and director sean penn who joins me now by phone. first of all, here s the president speaking about sony s decision to pull the interview, the movie that inspired the hacking. let s watch. sony is a corporation. i would agree with the president. i think that, you know, i m not speaking as an advocate for the motion picture industry or as a critic. but we have t ....
Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the day. jonathan, we re probably going to get swept in like three when we get divisional playoffs. so, i mean, but, listen, it was a fun summer. mika, why don t we go to the news. in an interview last night president trump s lawyer said special counsel robert mueller will personally have a lot to answer for just hours after they rejected mueller s reported latest offer to get a sit down interview with the president. trump s legal team said they have made the counteroffer listing their conditions for access to the president who is a subject in the wide-ranging investigation of russian interference in the 2016 election. trump s attorneys also publicly voiced their desire for the probe to end. within the next three weeks and suggested that mueller would be violating doj policies, if it does not end. don t have an internal deadline. we are moving. i u ....
there was no collusion ed: working together through history right now. our colleague, shannon bream, is live in washington. bret baier will be back at 8 p.m. eastern. shannon bream in washington with more fox news special coverage. dana: thanks. it was just announced, there was no collusion with russia. the most ridiculous thing i ve ever heard. there was no collusion with russia. there was no obstruction, none whatsoever. and it was a complete and total exoneration. shannon: president trump just minutes ago reacting to the news from attorney general bill barr that, quote, the special counsel s investigation did not find that the trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election. i m shannon bream in washington. we ve got fox team coverage across d.c. with mike emmanuel on capitol hill, molly henneberg at the justice department, and let s begin with molly first. good afternoon. ....