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conversation about women, children, and poverty in america. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> making a difference every day. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more.

candid conversation with singer-songwriter sinead o'connor. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it is the cornerstone that we all know. it is not just a street or boulevard. it is a place where walmart comes together with your community to make everyday better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you.

and a look at the latest challenge to affirmative action. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> the california endowment. health happens in yourborhoods. pbs station from viewers like you. thank you.

. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it is not just a street or boulevard, but a place where wal-mart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: tonight marks the first show from our new studio here in los angeles as we continue our first week of our ninth season. i cannot think of a better way to inaugurate this new set then with a conversation with sean penn, the oscar winner who is a tireless human rights advocate who has spent much of his time in the past two years on the situation in haiti appeared he is now an investor at large to haiti, given that distinction over the weekend by haiti's foreign minister. here now, a quick look at some of their wonderful humanitarian efforts. tavis: had been a year. happy to have you back -- happy new year. happy to have you back on this program. let me start by congratulating you on the weekend. i heard you guys raised a good amount of money for your work in haiti to be honest w

. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it is the cornerstone we all know. it is not just a street or boulevard, but a place where wal-mart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: welcome back. i want to pick up where we left off last night. we raised the name of president bill clinton who is our ambassador, asked by president obama, to lead the effort for haiti. what is the top line of what president clinton was able to do in terms of fund-raising? and has that money trickled down to the haitian people? >> president clinton is without a doubt the most significant foreign aid in haiti. i think that i can say very simply that it is a difficult process to find proper capacity where the money should go. donors are wary of the investments they make. and people critical of president clinton -- what they have to understand is that most of the billions of dollars that was raised, that they complained has not yet been spent, would not have been in the distance

mk hyman and macy gray. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more. pbs. >> be more. pbs. na because they're good. and it's very safe and it's ai'm cheap. zamola: passion is the key to this thing. n: they got a crunch to them. it's even got a vegetable and i'm in good shape. we will serve it but we won't put

. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: in 2008, peggy bartels got a phone call that she had to think was a prank. her cousin called to say that her uncle, the king of a small village, had passed away and that she had been chosen as the new king. weeks later, she began her new duties only to find a litany of problems and political realities. she continues in her role as a secretary and travels frequently to ghana. the new book about this story is called king peggy: an american secretary, her royal destiny, and the inspiring story of how she changed an african village." king peggy and honor to have you on this program. let me start by saying i have been to 16 african countries. the first one i went to, and it is still the one i regard as having the friendliest people, ghana. i am sure i will get hate mail for that. but

[applause] >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it is the cornerstone we all know. it is not just a street or a boulevard, but the place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> aft, making a difference every day. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- [applause] tavis: i am going first to the labor secretary. women and children, as you well know, are falling faster into poverty than any other group of americans. it is also the case that the younger you are in this country -- it is hard for me to get this out -- the more likely you are to be poor. something is wrong with a nation that allows women and children, often the week and the vulnerable, to fall into poverty faster than anybody else. and when to start with you and ask why that is the case. why are women and children falling into poverty faster than anybody else? please welcome our labor secretary, hilda solis. >> one of the things th

. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it is the cornerstone we all know. it is not just a street or a boulevard, but the place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> the california endowment. help happens in neighborhoods. learn more. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> dr. mark hyman is a family physician and best-selling author, whose latest text is one of the most talked-about books on the subject of health and weight loss. it is called "the blood sugar solution -- the alta health the program for losing weight and feeling great now." the book sits atop "the new york times" best-selling lists at number 1. what you make of the fact that this country is so obsessed with weight loss? i say weight loss as opposed to dieting. obsessed with weight loss, as evidenced by the fact these books continue to sell. what you make of that fascination? >> we are in trouble. one in two americans has diabetes or pre diabetes