Fictional president. And he is now an adviser to joe biden. The fictional president, by the way you know me. Yes, go on. Big hands. The fictional president was of course jet bartlett on and receives the west wing and our first guest was a consultant advisor to that fictional president and three real ones clinton, obama, and now biden. Take your time. We have all night. No, not gonna do it. This is in jeopardy. You have all night. Lawrence, would it profoundly affects our friendship even retroactively if i told you that i ve never seen the west wing? no because that s true of most people and a giant giant tv audience back then was 20 million people which we used to get on the west wing and now a giant tv audience is maybe 6 million people. And bc is lucky if they can get 6 million people to watch something. So what that tells you is, back when 20 million people were watching, say, the west wing, that meant a few hundred million warrants so that s kind of an important number. It s a very
Previous 500 perhaps, it s been the word of the day so often, but rachel, our first guest tonight is really unique in american presidential history because our first guest and i m opening this to you and the audience to guess who this is has been an adviser now to three real president s and one fictional president. And he is now an adviser to joe biden. The fictional president, by the way you know me, i don t yes, come on. Big hint, the fictional president was, of course, jed bartlett on nbc the west wing and our first guest was a consultant, adviser to that fictional presidency, and three real ones. Clinton, obama, and now biden. Take your time. We have all night. No. No, not going to do it. This isn t jeopardy!. You have all night. Lawrence, would it profoundly affect our friendship, like even retroactively if i told you that i ve never seen the west wing? no, because that s true of most people, and this is something that people in television don t realize is that, you know, a giant,
Us face, a journey that is difficult but also joyful. Now, in my face it is my father who has alzheimer s. I value the time i ve spent caring for him. My father and mother also come from military families. But like so many they never talked about it or how they cared for their siblings who served. The caregiving journey for military families, it starts earlier and lasts longer than for most. And as we learned over the three years filming the military families in this film, it is a job that involves the entire family. May is military caregivers month. In this feature documentary you ll see children as young as 11 years old stepping up every day, balancing school, work, and coming home to responsibilities their classmates cannot even imagine. To them this is routine life. But to us they are our care heroes growing up as america s next greatest generation. Now, before we start the film some thoughts from 11time emmy nominee david hyde pierce, one of the film s executive producers. Hello.
of the al-qaeda terror attacks. rehearsals have been taking place ahead of the funeral of the duke of edinburgh on saturday. we ll find out details of who will attend later. and a major landslide sends 4,000 tonnes of rock tumbling onto a beach on dorset sjurassic coast. hello and welcome to bbc news. david cameron says he ll respond positively to any requests for him to give evidence to the lobbying inquiry into greensill. the former prime minister has faced criticism for contacting ministers in an attempt to win financial support for the firm before it collapsed. it s sparked a wider row over private companies attempts to influence government. 0ur political correspondent helen catt reports. the way david cameron used his contacts with ministers on behalf of the businessman who employed him, lex greensill, sparked a row about lobbying that has dominated westminster for days. yesterday, conservative mps voted against setting up a special parliamentary investigation. so the