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Billy Baldwin's next project: Iran

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    Actor fired up about Obamacare, presidential politics, and Iran

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In the back of the book segment tonight acting and activism.

For the movie star Billy -- when they go hand in hand and at the moment he's using his latest project to bring attention to an international threat.

Halfway around the world -- talking about Iran.

Billy Baldwin joins us now -- Billy -- does it.

-- good -- -- it's been years straight -- let actually let's talk about a time to betray me bought the rights to this huge international best seller.

Tell us about it and and when we expect to say it.

Well my father was a political science teacher I -- -- political science at rice attended university from 8185 some of the latter years of my high school years and all of my college years where is the airport where the end of Carter the -- hostage crisis Reagan takes over the hostages are released.

I'm setting political science with an emphasis -- -- an emphasis of political science on the Arab Israeli conflict so.

Every speak easy every beer that I had every dormitory every lecture hall I was and this is what we're talking about.

However define frisbee in -- -- anyone else mind you what do you VA now retirement start to get him off and -- -- another -- said he did that my friend raise -- -- which is not his real name I don't know his real name.

So she is growing up in Tehran he attends university in the seventy's it comes to the United States like many others.

He comes back during college several times.

More democracy more openness more freedom more or more culture.

Universities popping up all over the place and there's a sweeping tied to remove the shock -- he's a despicable.

Corrupt leader he's gone dies of cancer.

And in comes the Ayatollah at a very interesting time for my friend -- that he becomes a member of the elite Republican guard in their intelligence division.

Has to come back to the United States his and his ill and makes contact with the CIA and he becomes a deep cover agent inside the CIA providing the best.

And most interesting and most valuable intelligence -- the CIA and Reagan for about a ten year period and you're playing I'm playing a weapon and and I wanna be playing -- -- a that are -- and intelligence operative on producing this time I play a CIA agent who Nazis.

He's contacting the CIA -- he reported -- And what about even even tracking.

The debate in Washington Omnia health care in each of the Supreme Court I don't even know your political background as you kind of it kind of keep it seemed to Pacino is to keep -- kind of under wraps.

Yeah I used to work on the hill for Tom Downey kind of remember how -- -- congressman -- now Democrat.

I you know I I there's interest -- to be here yesterday when I was doing FOX & Friends and everybody was saying this is it for Obama -- -- -- -- over I don't know I thought it reverted to act on our hands down now.

I don't think it's fair I think it's a little bit disingenuous because for example.

You buy a pack of cigarettes -- in New York in California cost 6000 by a pack of cigarettes in California New -- fifteen dollars now you're being paid to the syntax I think I have no problem with -- -- -- people.

I don't want people to be forced to opt into this insurance but if they don't want it.

And the component to the emergency room of the one health care one of the kids -- sick.

I don't want you to pay for it out of one of them but I think they should -- for so if they opt out -- -- want insurance in the forced to pay a penalty for that -- -- attacks of that.

Now I have a problem -- I don't know wedding this weekend I am your brother is -- time and time yeah.

Not as family -- that you do when the family dinner argument so that they get loud at Thanksgiving and they give a little Geraldo wish.

-- -- I won't yes I know what I don't really rather than not gonna.

Suggest which wanted to be loud is that I don't think it's you that's mine that's my sons Billy it's great to see a completely -- -- the death.

Take care yeah.

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