his name, of course, itzkah perlman.est project from him is called "eternal echo songs and dances for the soul." that's not why he's here for the project. i've been asking him forever to be here. we couldn't get the date thing worked out. >> i'll be here tomorrow. >> come on back. >> no problem. >> i can do another show all the stuff you've accomplished, i've scratched the surface tonight. it's a great joy and delight to have you on this program. >> my pleasure. >> thank you. that's our show for tonight. thanks for watching, and as always, keep the faith. ♪ >> announcer: for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley on pbs.org. >> join us for a conversation with the wonderful ang las lands barry. that's next time. we'll see you then. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to the program we begin with the editor of the new yorker magazine, and a focus on putin. >> russia is in far less good shape than it was before this ukrainian disaster. it

. >> he said, have you ever heard of itzhak perlman? the violinist. i said sure. he said, i'm going to tell you a little story. itzhak perlman got onstage to perform, lincoln center or something, he was getting ready to perform and just as he started one of his strings popped. he had three strings left. he said everyone was looking around, the place got quiet, they were trying to figure out if someone should bring him a violin -- >> a bow. one of the strings from the violin? wow. >> he cued the conductor to play. and the conductor and the rest of them kept going. he played his heart out. when it was over it was silent. the whole place erupted in applause. he stopped and he said, "sometimes you have to play with what you have." wasn't that a great lesson in a stranger in the park. i looked at that guy and i thought, sometimes you have the hand that you're dealt and you've got to do the best you can with it. >> yeah, what was his point? >> you. >> his point was, it was a life lesson that i needed to hear at that moment. he knew it and i knew it. >> you're playing wi

tonight a conversation with violin virtuoso itzkah perlman. he's performed with virtually every major orchestra in the world from new york no shanghai. and a 16-time grammy winner, including a life time achievement award. we are honored to have a conversation tonight with itzkah perlman coming up right now. ♪

a special initiation ceremony and this is a milestone year for the nation's first medical school perlman is celebrating its 250th birthday. >>> an upper darby native is coming home to delaware valley. tina fey will be at the upper darby performing arts center tonight. there will be a screening of the movie "mean girls" followed by a q and a with her. if you haven't bought your ticket yet, you can go online and get one before the event. proceeds go towards a new sound system for the theater. folks going to that screening will have dinner outside tonight. >> absolutely. make your plans now. we'll see such nice conditions. just gorgeous out. no matter where you decide to go. maybe cape may. take a look at that beautiful sunrise. a few clouds this morning. if we switch you over to the poconos, we'll see cooler temperatures staying in the low 70s for us today. and then a closer look at the city where we start off in the 60s this morning but if you're in the lehigh valley or poconos, we're in the 40s and 50s so grab a jacket as you head out the door. 81 degrees on your saturday. by tomorrow, w

join me next time for a conversation with vie owe lin itzkah perlman.e'll see you then. ♪ >> announcer: and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> tonight on "quest" -- she's spent much of the last five decades exploring and protecting the world's oceans. find out why legendary marine biologist sylvia earle thinks we may have only a few years eft to save what she calls "the blue heart of the planet." >>> and it's one of history's most enduring questions -- are we alone? see why a radical new radio telescope being built near mount shasta may be closer than you think to finding the answer. >>> major funding for "quest" is provided by -- the national science foundation. the gordon and betty moore

join me next time for a conversation with vie owe lin itzkah perlman.e'll see you then. ♪ >> announcer: and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> charlie: welcome to the program. tonight a conversation about america and the world with bruce riedel, senior fellow and director of the brookings intelligence project. >> i think the big lesson there is you can't just walk away from afghanistan. this is a very dangerous part of the world. it seems to be a place where important things happen because not only was it a global changer in terms of the end of the cold war, we can now say 25 years later it was the start of the global jihad. >> charlie: bruce riedel for the hour next. funding for "charlie rose" is provided by the following. >> there's a saying around here: >> rose: additional funding provided by: