. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: george soros is, of course, a very successful businessman and chairman of open society foundation, which helps foster democracy around the world. george sorus survived the nazi occupation under hitler, thanks to the remarkable efforts of his father, and the text based on those experiences is called "masquerade." george soros, delighted to have you. it seems impossible to have a conversation with you without talking about your father, about "masquerade." it seems to inform so much of what you do today. so let me start off by asking you to tell us about your father. >> well, he was a lawyer. in the first world war, he was a volunteer i

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] >> ha please welcome allison krause to this program, her 26 the grammy award is the most fertile in music history. her latest cd is called "paper airplane." it is up for best bluegrass album of the year. in just a few moments, she will join by her band and a couple of special guests. here is a video for the title track. ♪ ♪ ♪ tavis: good to have you on the program. i have been dying to ask you, what is it about bluegrass that everybody wants a piece of? my friend yo-yo ma was here, he has a project now. a number of artists are trying to get some of this bluegrass' thing. what is happening? it is like a magnet attracting people to

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide insurance is happy to help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles tn conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: gayle tzemach lemmon is the deputy director of the council of foreign relations women in foreign policy program. she is also the author of "the dressmaker of khair khana," one remarkable family and the women who risked everything to keep them safe. thank you for being on the program. >> thank you for having me. tavis: there is a quote in the book that you made which contextualize is what our conversation will be about. "money is power for women. if women have their own income to bring to the family, they can contribute and make decisions. their entire families will have respect for them." how is money and power different for women than for men? >> this is where you are in t

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one e. tim on nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: it is an honor to welcome sonny rollins to this program, the iconic jazz saxophonist was recently named a kennedy center honorees for this year, a much deserved and extremely high honor. he also has sonny rollins road shows volume to. it is an honor to have you on this program. >> it is an honor to finally get a chance to meet you and be on the show. i watch it, i am with you. tavis: i have been waiting on this for a long time. i want to start with the click of something you have said to interviewer 20 years ago, maybe 1986. you might remember this, maybe not. >> i don't feel i am the greatest anything, i feel like i am developing. as far as i

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide insurance is happy to help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: pleased to welcome randy newman to this program. the legendary singer-songwriter it is a 20 time oscar nominee, who is once again up for best original song for "we belong together" on "toy story 3." he will also be performing the songs during the telecast. randy newman, congratulations. >> thank you very much. 20 times, man. >> it is a lot. it is a great honor. every time, it is no less than a real kick to have happen. even if you think it is not a big deal and don't take it seriously as a measurement of what is good and what is not, it sucks you in. people are so interested in it for a day and a half, i get into it myself. tavis: what is it like to

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversation at a time. >> nationwide is on your side >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- tavis: please welcome anthony hopkins back to this program. this weekend, his latest movie opens around the country. here are scenes from "the rite." >> the interesting thing about atheists is they are always looking for certainty. the question is, what on earth could we do if we found it? in my experience, there is a total loss of faith. there are months when i do not know whether i believe in god or the double. yet it is something that keeps digging and scraping away inside of me. it seems like gods fingernail -- god's fingernail. i finally can take no more of the pa

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversation at a time. >> nationwide is on your side >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- tavis: please welcome anthony hopkins back to this program. this weekend, his latest movie opens around the country. here are scenes from "the rite." >> the interesting thing about atheists is they are always looking for certainty. the question is, what on earth could we do if we found it? total loss of faith. there are months when i do not know whether i believe in god or the double. yet it is something that keeps digging and scraping away inside of me. it seems like gods fingernail -- god's fingernail. i finally can take no more of the pain and i get shoved up from d

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic e at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: i am pleased to welcome, nile rodgers to this program. he helped define music in the 1970's with a string of classic hits. his life has been defined by some incredible moments and numerous twists and turns. his new memoir is called "le freak." i apologize in advance that i did not have enough time to do justice to your life. you have lived such an incredible life. you have done so many things. i'm glad you are here. >> i am thrilled to be here. you have no idea. tavis: let me start, when you have done so many things it is hard to know where to start. but i want to start with the music. behind every song there is a story. rescissory family television, it is

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working ac improve financialityer l re d oanvemobstacles to ve economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. @p tavis: i am pleased to have jerry west on this program. he went on to win a gold medal back in 1960. he is known as the eye contact -- iconic logo. an honor to have you on this program. let me start by -- i know there are things that you can say and cannot say of all the work stoppage. i want to go back to your book. back to your life and your career to draw a parallel between what you would -- what you and george. these are your words, page 101. i remember the 1964 all-star game in boston. the first one ever televised. it had been snowing heavily all day. it was uncertain if everybody would make it by game time. there was another problem, too. the players have decided they would boycott the game, as all the team's owners came up with an acceptable pension plan

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] the lighted -- tavis: and delighted to welcome roger corman to this program. he is responsible for more than 500 films the movie is called, exploits of a hollywood rubble. here are now scenes from his world. >> i started my own company for a variety of reasons. >> i said, i will make it myself. >> we shot it in seven days, including special effects. the budget was really love. >> for someone very square on the outside, he is a very had director. he said, you can fashion a car crash, d. if it was the fastest greenlight i ever got. >> it was out of the question, there is no need for taste. >> hollywood was desperate. >> i never lost money

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy re d oanveclmobstaes to bs economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. @p tavis: i am pleased to have jerry west on this program. he went on to win a gold medal back in 1960. he is known as the eye contact -- iconic logo. an honor to have you on this program. let me start by -- i know there are things that you can say and cannot say of all the work stoppage. i want to go back to your book. back to your life and your career to draw a parallel between what you would -- what you and george. these are your words, page 101. i remember the 1964 all-star game in boston. the first one ever televised. it had been snowing heavily all day. it was uncertain if everybody would make it by game time. there was another problem, too. the players have decided they would boycott the game, as all the team's owners came up with an acceptable pension pl

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversa at a time. >> nationwide is on your side >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. kcet public television] --www.ncicap.org-- tavis: i am always pleased to have tom selleck on this program. in addition to his role on the popular show jesse stone, he shows on this season's most watched new show called "blue bloods." here are scenes from "blue bloods." >> what about the boys? >> what are we going to do? >> it is my considered opinion that this gets out and the media gets ahold of it, she won't have much of a chance. >> so you have another hit on your hands. >> is there any would around, i need to knock on wood. actually, cbs likes to hold their announcements. i think it is a hit. it is a hit for me. it is a show i wanted to succeed, not only when i first read the script, b

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversation at a time. e >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- tavis: if you spend any time in the bay area, you know the fine work of michael. he is the host of the award winning public radio program. the nation's must listen to locally produced radio talk show. he is also the professor of english and author of the emhart -- a poerful new -- powerful new text. >> it is a pleasure and delight to be here. tavis: when i started going through the book, i knew i wanted to talk to you. i am curious to get inside the heads of those that are either economic or atheist because i want to understand their own process and their own journey. spiritual n.v., who knew the

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide insurance is happy to help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: this is tiananmen square. the protest is largely unknown -- unknown to most chinese. today, the square is a major tourist attraction. we had permission to bring our cameras into the square but at the very last moment, the guards refused to let us then and we had no choice but to continue with a tourist camera instead. thankfully, we would not experience this again until our visit until we returned tuesday -- we returned to the 101 middle school i school in beijing. this is one of the highest in the world. only the highest achievement is expected. the academic work load is intense. all day classes, six days a week. first i first came here and i wante

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. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] >> it is hard to imagine in this age that anyone would bankroll a silent black-and-white film about a 1920's hollywood. his latest projects have made harvey weinstein one of the most important producers of our time. the new project is called "the artist." here now are some scenes from "the artist." ♪ ♪ tavis: harvey weinstein joins us from new york city. >> nice to be back. tavis: this is a gamble. why? >> the producer of this movie is a family friend in france. he is certainly defined by his own taste and his fantastic success in france. his relationship with the director of the film's lead him to go to america and shoot a movie in

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: nomi prins is a journalist who is books include "it takes a pillage." glad to have you back and the program. >> thank you so much. tavis: the parallels are so profound, intentional i assume. or not intentional but timely. >> i think after the last book and seeing how economically devastated we really are since the financial crisis, we aren't married what happened in the great depression. there was a crash. -- we are mirroring what happened in the great depression. this crated a depression for the rest of the country. there is no other time that an similar to this time as unfortunately the great depression. tavis: why write this a

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and retaves ole economic eowmeer conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: susan herman is the present of the aclu. after serving two decades on the board of directors, she teaches law at brooklyn law school. her new text is called "taking liberties: the war on terror and the erosion of american democracy." good to have you on this program. i want to jump right in. this book is released and the timing could not be more propitious. we are almost commemorating this is the 10th anniversary of the patriot act. it has now been extended until 2015. let me ask what your assessment is of the patriot act now. >> a lot of people -- what a lot of people do not know is that it is a whole grab bag. my original copy printed out at 3

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversation at a time. >> nationwide is on your side >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- tavis: "race for best actress ppears to be natlie portman's to lose, but the men include previous winners jeff bridges and javier bardem. >> i do not accept it as a given that i did shoot le beef. >> you missed your shot. >> missed my shot? >> you are more handicapped without an eye it than i am with that the arm. tavis: i know this remake languages out there, but what sold you on this was not that it was a remake, but that the coen brothers were going to make this movie based on the book. it is really a redo. >> that is perfectly stated. charles portis wrote a wonderf

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. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: susan herman is the present of the aclu. after serving two decades on the board of directors, she teaches law at brooklyn law school. her new text is called "taking liberties: the war on terror and the erosion of american democracy." good to have you on this program. i want to jump right in. this book is released and the timing could not be more propitious. we are almost commemorating this is the 10th anniversary of the patriot act. it has now been extended until 2015. let me ask what your assessment is of the patriot act now. >> a lot of people -- what a lot of people do not know is that it is a whole grab bag. my original copy

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer. nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: an honor to welcome diane nash to this program. in the early 1960's she became a key figure in the civil rights movement as a student at fisk university. she led an toast desegregate bus stations in the south. this marks the 50th anniversary over the freedom riders. this month on pbs you can catch "freedom riders." here now a scene from "freedom riders." >> my phone in the hotel room rings and it is the attorney general and he opens the conversation, who the hell is diane nash. call her and let her know what the waiting for the freedom riders so i called her. i said i understand that there are more freedom riders coming down from nashville. you must stop them if you

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversation at a time. >> nationwide is on your side >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- tavis: clarence b. jones served as a council and speechwriter for dr. martin luther king, jr.. he is not a scholar in residence at stanford's the milky research institute. his new book is called "behind the dream: the making of the speech that transformed a nation." good to have you back on this program. >> thank you. tavis: what is it about this speech we seem to know everything about, have heard everything over and over again, that you can tell us? >> i think the most important thing i can tell you about this speech is that many people believe that this was -- that dr. king gave this speech

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: bob lutz has been a creative force in the auto industry. he is also a noted author whose books include the best-selling business book "the cuts". his latest is "car guys vs. bean counters". he joins us from ann arbor, michigan. nice to have you on this program. >> for having me. tavis: let me start about your tax. -- your text. how would you define the soul of the american business? >> it should be about pleasing customers and doing superior products but i think for about the last 20 years, we have been obsessed with business school techniques, analysis, project of analysis, tons of numbers, attainment of short-term proper goals

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide insurance is happy to help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: tom hooper is a talented filmmakers previous projects include two mini series for hbo, which combined to win 22 emmys. his latest project is "the king's speech," which received 12 oscar nominations, the most of any this year. >> my husband is -- >> perhaps he should change jobs. >> my husband -- >> he needs to enunciate. >> i can help your husband, but i need total trust. what is your earliest memory? >> i am not here to discuss personal matters. >> do you know any jokes? >> timing is not my strong suit. >> actually -- >> yes. >> your particular -- you are peculiar. am i take that as a complement. >> we'll need a king that we can stand behind. >> i

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy le economicmperow conversation at a time.nationwi. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: susan herman is the present of the aclu. after serving two decades on the board of directors, she teaches law at brooklyn law school. her new text is called "taking liberties: the war on terror and the erosion of american democracy." good to have you on this program. i want to jump right in. this book is released and the timing could not be more propitious. we are almost commemorating this is the 10th anniversary of the patriot act. it has now been extended until 2015. let me ask what your assessment is of the patriot act now. >> a lot of people -- what a lot of people do not know is that it is a whole grab bag. my original copy printed out at 300 pages. it is hundreds of amendm

. >> n>> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: robert borosage is the founder and president for america's future who served as an adviser to the campaign of jesse jackson. he is also a contributor to politico.com. he joins us from washington. good to have you on this program. i am going to go to the piece you wrote on october 24 and put a line up on the screen. "taxing the working poor is an ineffective and distraction from the challenge is facing. our problem is not that working people get too much, it is that income inequalities have reached extremes, destructive to our economy and democracy." i want to come to that as a starting place because there are a number of words that i hat

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic emp aerim t a e. nt a time. >> nationwide is on your side >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. kcet public television] --www.ncicap.org-- tavis: i am always pleased to have tom selleck on this program. in addition to his role on the popular show jesse stone, he shows on this season's most watched new show called "blue bloods." here are scenes from "blue bloods." >> what about the boys? >> what are we going to do? >> it is my considered opinion that this gets out and the media gets ahold of it, she won't have much of a chance. >> so you have another hit on your hands. >> is there any would around, i need to knock on wood. actually, cbs likes to hold their announcements. i think it is a hit. it is a hit for me. it is a show i wanted to succeed, not only when i first read the script, but when i

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to empowerment. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: it isals such an honor and delight to be in the company of tony bennett. his influence on music for generations to come and also one of the most kind, humble and giving people i have had the pleasure to befriend. he has a collection of duets with some of the biggest names in the business. some of the making of "duets ii." ♪ don't get around much anymore ♪ ♪ ain't it a thrill i love you still it had to be you wonderful you it had to be you ♪ tavis: we recently had on this program just days ago sonny rollins. honored later this year and i saw him in concert here in l.a. and he is 81. you are now 85. happy birthday. you guys doing this into your 80's. you are killing me. and you sound just as good as ever. >> we love what we are doing. sonny has been that way. i just love the

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide insurance is happy to help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] pippe tavis: we are pleased to have harry shearer back on the program. the actor, host, and activist is out with a documentary about the government's role with hurricane katrina called "the big gynoecium -- the big uneasy." >> at new orleans only express about category one conditions. >> this is contrary to the army corps of engineers which was -- >> one in 400 ability of occurrence. >> they said that -- >> that was a big storm. >> they're doing that to cover their behind. >> you cannot out engineer mother nature. >> this was a big storm. this was a storm that was until then unimaginable. >> they seemed to know what they were talking about so everyone star

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversation at a time. >> nationwide is on your side >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> his latest text is called " tangled webs." he was also named a columnist for the business section of "the new york times." is an honor to have you here. what do you hope to bring to your column? >> i want to speak out for the individual, in the book tour will shareholders and consumers. we are living in a world that is being accommodated by the wealthy, the big institutions, and i think we need somebody to stand up for everybody else. tavis: what is your sense that this will do in that regard? >> pitbull getting loans that they never should have, interest rates -- w

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide insurance is happy to help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one ou.der ytionsis r nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] pippe tavis: we are pleased to have harry shearer back on the program. the actor, host, and activist is out with a documentary about the government's role with hurricane katrina called "the big gynoecium -- the big uneasy." >> at new orleans only express about category one conditions. >> this is contrary to the army corps of engineers which was -- >> one in 400 ability of occurrence. >> they said that -- >> that was a big storm. >> they're doing that to cover their behind. >> you cannot out engineer mother nature. >> this was a big storm. this was a storm that was until then unimaginable. >> they seemed to know what they were talking about so everyone started pi

. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insurance, working to improve financial literacy and the economic empowerment that comes with it. >> ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- tavis: bill bradley search for 20 years in the u.s. senate from new jersey following his basketball career with the new york yet -- new york knicks. his books include "the new american story." always an honor to have you on this program. let me start by asking what you think the challenge is. what is the mandate for the president tomorrow night in this speech that so many are suggesting will impact his reelection chances? i am not sure it is that serious, but what the makeup the speech tomorrow -- what do you make of the speech tomorrow? >> the house to give people an idea of what he wants to do for the next two years -- he has to give p

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: senator kirsten gillibrand is serving her first term in the u.s. senate from new york. holding the seat held by hillary clinton. she is a member of the senate armed forces committee. an important committee these days. she joins us from washington. an honor to have you on this program. >> it is my privilege. thank you for including me. tavis: i believe budgets are moral documents. jay-z puts it this way. you can see will use a but you are what you are. we find out what you believe when you put these budgets to work. budgets are moral documents. if i am right, what does this budget say about president obama's priorities? >> presid

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversation at a time. >> nationwide is on your side >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> annette gordon-reed is a professor at harvard who became the first african-american to win the pulitzer prize for her book "the hemingses of monticello." the new book is part of the american president series. good to have the on this program. >> good to be here. >> my first question was going to be, if johnson was such a bad president, one of book about andrew johnson? before i get to that, let's go to my man, frederick douglass, who you quote in this book. these are his thoughts about his first meeting with andrew johnson. there are moments in the lives of most men when the doors of their souls are opened and unconsciously to themselves, their true characters may be read by the obs

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insurance, working to improve financialth literacy and remove economic obstacles. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. kcet public television] tavis: always honored to have wynton marsalis on this program. the multiple award-winning jazz great heads a communication jazz outrich program all around this world. always good to see you. >> all the time. tavis: i was saying to the staff over the years doing this show, you have been on a number of times. never in the studio. >> it is nice here. tavis: always on a satellite feed. i'm glad to have you in l.a. how have you enjoyed your time in the disney hall? >> a lot. we recorded a piece i wrote. that's right here. we took the whole band. all of us having a great time. tavis: what do you make of the person who is all the music, gustavo dudamel? >> when we were in venezuela, i had the chance to go to his building. he had like five or six orchestras playing. kids from the hood. beeth

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from the viewers like you. thank you. ♪ tavis: i am pleased to be joined by a terrific and distinguished panel. first up is john chan, former chair of the c-100. cindy fan is the dean of social sciences dominic king is the ceo of east west bank here in california. and the ambassador who serve as liaison to china for director steven spielberg. let me start with you. we were talking a moment ago about my own feelings -- i talked about this earlier this week on a special, about a sense of hopefulness that one feels moving through china as contrasted by a sense of hopelessness that americans are feeling now given the economy, the recession, etc., etc. there was a poll we started earlier this week. just over half of all americans believe that our best days as a nation are behind us. th

with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is to improve financial literacy a time. >> and by contributions to your you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: david cronenberg is an award winning director and writer whose previous films include "a history of violence" and "eastern promises." he has a new movie called "a dangerous method" and here is a scene from it. >> i do not think you understand the depth of the opposition to our work. there's the old -- the whole medical establishment, of course. but that is nothing when our guided -- our ideas began to trickle through to the public. the frantic, the denials, the encoder and rage. >> might that be because of your insistence on they explicitly sexual material. >> all i am pointing out is what >> doing period piece work is a different kind of animal. >> i have done. pieces before with naked lunch and a spider and butterfly. but those were fictional pieces. these are very iconic people, avoid -- sigmund freud. there is a love triangle. it is interesting because you have tons of material. this was

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide insurance is happy to help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: julie mccarthy is a foreign correspondent for npr who has spent much of her time of late reporting from pakistan. there continues to be tension between the u.s. and pakistan following the raid that killed the world's most wanted terrorist. an honor to have you. >> a total pleasure. tavis: let me tell you congratulations. you have been picking up all kinds of awards. the peabody, you deserve it. >> thank you. a tremendous honor. tavis: you are in that is dangee now getting that danger to get these stories going, i'm sure it is nice to know that this is being recognized and you receive these esteemed awards. >> this is my 25th anniversary at national