anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. tavis: good evening. from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. tonight a conversation with laura dern. she is once again receiving acclaim thanks to her appearance on the hbo series, "enlightened." the show is in its second season. we are glad you joined us. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i try to live my life every day we know that we are only halfwaywalmart committed $2 billion toas we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like thank you. tavis: please welcome laura dern by on this program. the oscar nominees is enjoying great success on her series called "enlightened." here is a scene from "enlightened." >> where have you been for two days a? >> i was in lna. >> and? >> i do not want to talk to you abo

anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman.nd by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. ♪ >>> welcome. you've heard me before quote one of my mentors who told his students that "news is what people want to keep hidden. everything else is publicity." that's why two books are rattling the cages of powerful people who would rather you not read them. here's the first one. "captive audience: the telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age," by susan crawford. read it and you'll understand why we americans are paying much more for internet access than people in many other countries and getting much less in return. that, despite the fact that our very own academics and engineers, working with our very own defense department, invented the internet in the first place. back then, the u.s. was in the catbird seat, poised to lead the world down this astonishing new superhighway of information and innovation. now ma

anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> welcome. there's hardly a sentient grown-up in this country who isn't aware that our economy is no longer working for vast numbers of everyday people. the rich and powerful have more wealth and power than ever, everyone else keeps losing ground. between 2009 and 2011 alone, income fell for the 99%, while it rose 11% for the top 1%. since the worst of the financial crisis, all of the economic growth has gone to the top 1% while the rest of the country has floundered. stunning, isn't it? the behavior of many of those one percenters brought on the financial crisis in the first place. we turned around and rescued them, and now their wealth is skyrocketing once again. at the bottom, working people are practically flat on their back. president obama has finally recognized they need help. in his state of the union, he proposed an in

anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >>> welcome. at the state of the union speech, there's always more than meets the eye. just out of sight is the reality of how we are governed. the house of representatives, where congress gathers to hear the president, used to be known as "the people's house." but money power owns the lease now and runs the joint from hidden back rooms. you're looking at the most expensive congress money can buy. the house races last fl cost over billin. it took more than $700 million to elect just a third of the senate. the two presidential candidates raised more than a billion a piece. the website politico added it all up to find that the total number of dollars spent on the 2012 election exceeded the number of people on this planet -- some seven billion. most of it didn't come from the average joe and jane. 60% of all super pac donations cam

anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> welcome. this week, two united states senators insisted that the justice department come clean. why are wall street's big banks not only too big to fail but too big to jail? senators sherrod brown of ohio, a democrat, and chuck grassley of iowa, a republican, are outraged that the giant banks violate the law with impunity -- laundering money, cheating homeowners, falsifying information -- every trick in the ledger book. they sent a letter to attorney general eric holder demanding to know why the banks get away with fines instead of jail time. maybe they had their anger roiled by "frontline," public television's premier investigative series. the other night, "frontline" broadcast a report called "the untouchables," on how the department of justice allegedly has looked the other way for fear that prosecuting the banks would do

anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman.r sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >>> next, truly california. on august 2, 2007, oakland journalist chauncey bailey was murdered as he walk to his downtown newsroom. the next morning, police launched a raid on the black muslim bakery, the organization implicated in the killing. >> it took finally a member of the news media getting killed. finally someone who wasn't an anonymous victim of a ghetto tenement for people to start paying attention. >> the story of two men with a common history and a troubling intersection. next, in a day late in oakland.

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anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. major funding for "the black kungfu experience" was provided by the corporation for public broadcasting. man: they needed a hero black guy, finally. i got my shot. man: you see, i do forms, i do the weapons, but i'm a fighter -- i can apply everything that i do. [ grunts ] man: in hung gar, we wait and anticipate the opponent's movement. and that's when we let him have it. [ laughs ] ready? move! yah! move! yah! "he's black, but he's a kung fu guy!" man: my brother and i used to sneak into the movie theaters in chinatown when i was 10 and 11 years old. we'd hop the train, canal street, and there we were. you know, it's like, "great!" i'm ron van clief, 5-time world champion, 15-time all american. "the black dragon." we didn't have any money, so we'd wait till somebody comes out, we'd go in the door as they exited, and sneak in a

anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> now let's call the king of soul himself. james brown! james brown! james brown! james brown! james brown! james brown! james brown! james brown! [soul music playing] ladies and gentlemen, the king of soul, james brown! [applause] >> thank you. ♪ baby keep it up turn it loose all right whoo! all right uh! baby keep it up turn it loose whoo! whoo! uh turn it loose hold me tight all right uh-huh whoo! hold me tight whoo! ow! all right uh! whoo!

anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman.r sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. vo:geico, committed to providing service to its auto insurance customers for over 70 years. more information on auto insurance at geico.com or 1-800-947-auto any time of the day or night. not for the first time in roadshow history, we've come a place which has close links with her majesty queen elizabeth, the queen mother. she wasn't born here, she didn't spend her childhood here. she owned it. let's go through the keyhole. this blue mac on the back of a chair; her wellies under the table; photos of her favorite corgis; and her collection of seashells-- the queen mother's presence is everywhere. we're at castle of mey at caithness, six miles west of john o'groats. at the age of 101, the queen mother still climbed these stairs unaided, perhaps pausing to appreciate the overflowing jardiniere of flowers. the queen mother saved the 15th-cent

anne gumowitz. the betsanssd y ne jek fiss foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. vo:geico, committed to providing service to its auto insurance customers for over 70 years. more information on auto insurance at geico.com or 1-800-947-auto any time of the day or night. this week, the roadshow is back in the european capital of culture, 2008. at the heart of the cheeky, thriving metropolis of liverpool-- to quote its own publicity-- stands the magnificent st. george's hall. this building might have been winched onto its hilltop position from ancient greece or rome. it reflects the immense pride that the wealthy merchants of liverpool felt for their city when they commissioned the architect harvey lonsdale elmes back in the 1830s. elmes had his work cut out because liverpool really needed two very different venues. st. george's hall was designed to be, firstly, a home for liverpool's musical festivals-- the sma

anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman.nd by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> welcome. vo:geico, committed to providing service to its auto insurance customers for over 70 years. more information on auto insurance at geico.com or 1-800-947-auto any time of the day or night. if it's escaped your notice that the antiques roadshow is celebrating its 30th anniversary, then you really haven't been watching. we've talked a lot about the years between now and then. ( revving ) we've turned the speedometer back to 1977, the year the show actually began. in those days, to eager young petrol-heads, the tr6 was the coolest set of wheels on the block, and fashion was extremely groovy. fleetwood mac: ♪ yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone ♪ it was a time when women walked tall in stacked wedges. cutting-edge flares were a menace to small children and dogs. shirt collars were capable of lift-off. and the velvet jacket w

anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're ur retirement company. vo:geico, committed to providing service to its auto insurance customers for over 70 years. more information on auto insurance at geico.com or 1-800-947-auto any time of the day or night. this week, the roadshow has returned to a great city, a place so highly regarded, it's been named european capital of culture. liverpool-- celebrated for football, of course, the beatles certainly, and there's a great deal more here to make a scouser's heart beat with pride. it's a city with a very fine selection of art galleries. there's the walker, for a start. this impressive pile sits on the only street in the country made up solely of galleries, libraries, and museums. known as the national gallery of the north, the walker was a gift to the city from local brewer andrew barclay walker. he wanted to lend his beer an air of respectability-- it already had tas