it brings back writing process memories that's very helpful to me now even as a writer. if i didn't have them i don't know what i would do, kind of thing. with samurai's garden i brought it and they never know what to expect from me. one said today, you never write the same story. i always feel i am writing the same story in all the books i have written because there are themes that go through my books consciously i don't sit down and say i will write about duty. or i will write about family. or i will write about world war ii god forbid. it somehow goes through every book i have done even when i tried not to. samurai garden is an example of quintessential set before world war ii, both of my cultures and everything i wanted to do and taught me what it meant to be japanese. that's taking liberty to saying taught me what it means to be japanese. i can't know exactly what it means to be japanese but it gave me a culture. a culture i realize that was a lot japanese. even though i hadn't grownup in it and i was as american as apple pie in so many ways that i started to learn m

so my big brother, my best friend, i will see you next time. >>> i'm hill ri stevens, or as my family calls me h.i. i was born when he was 20. mine were not related to diplomacy. as a toddler he would send me on missions, which i was a willing accomplice. he sent me to stick carrots up my younger brothers nose as he slept in on christmas morning. that was really fun. growing up i was always able to brag that i had a brother in a foreign country. i got to visit him in these places. we road camels around pyramids in egypt, bathed in tunisia, snorkled in sinai and danced in israeli discos. in libya i played tennis with the daughter of his libyan tennis coach, learned about medical school in libya and jogged through the ruins. but, as we said, chris always came home and entertained us when he did. i worked hard to sharpen tennis and skiiing skills. i was proud the year chris said you ski faster than the master. [ laughter] >> we got up early to be the first on the ski lift. at my wedding he said he would be happy by to perform a libyan liberation dance to celebrate the success of the revolution. [

you all will remember -- anyone as old as me or half as old as me will remember what a couple of the punchlines were in that speech. johnson said, we've got a lot to do. we've got a lot of history to overcome. we have a lot of cultural differences and problems to overcome, and he went on and on, overcome, and finally he said, staring ahead at that audience, and we shall overcome. that was an incredibly important statement because the president of the united states had just adopted the song of the civil rights movement. there were many, many other things in that speech that were important, but the most important one was what he said right after that. he said, the hero of this struggle is the american negro, and he went on to describe the marching, the beatings, the murders, they went through. the american negro is the hero. and that kind of -- martin luther king was not at the speech. he was asked to sit in the presidential box. he wasn't there because he had to attend a funeral that day, a memorial service, for a reverend reib, a unitarian minister from boston, who had come down and

probably did go get had bad day you know i would not think about it because i know i know i know me so i do as leg and we get home and my dad. you know you tell me all head on head along. he want to know who won i would have buying. so many drugs he did you take my calls for me. and i had and you know one time i had to get stats like three times a week. just like. i'd think. that be a neighborhood if you only should you know everything everything is heavy you know your legs they have your very weak and you still gotta get me to get it out to get these three shots a week yeah that's the way i think. i had three black transfusions because of it you know. so that out was an experience in the self and after living with hiv for over thirty years if i tell you my story. is that all of it you've got to go through. and that's why. everybody's body is different you know everybody's body is different what i go through you may never go through then again you might go through it twice is worse so don't look at me and say oh yeah i'm opposed to no i'm not opposed to. someone then with h.l.v. . i remember w

you people, to put up with such a fool as me. oh, no, no. no. don't try to deny it now. what could be more idiotic than for me to walk in here with a box of firecrackers and-- >> it was stupid, sir. >> there. you see? who but a member of a race of such infinite grace and politeness would refrain from calling me a nitwit and a baboon right to my very face? [chuckles] how do you do that? you don't have to answer, really, because it's just that centuries of culture. staggers the imagination. >> [speaks chinese] >> [speaks chinese] >> [speaks chinese] >> [speaks chinese] >> [speaks chinese] >> and, uh, well, actually, as for the tennis racquets that-that i left here, well, i-i want you to have them. i'm not gonna put in any claim for them or anything like that. it's obvious that they've just, uh...vanished into someone's possession. >> [speaks chinese] >> and, uh, what i mean to say is, uh, i think it would be a wonderful--actually, uh-- well, uh, it's no matter. in any event, i do want you to have them. perhaps in consideration for that, we-- one evening, we might, uh-- miss

ways because of the culture and the story and because of getting it right but i thought it helped me as a writer. so i will sip not gin and read a section and i will throw it open and see if you can ask me something that you might be interested in instead of hearing me speak. whoa has read this book? do i need to explain? no. [laughter] i was -- i had written, 3 quarters of the book and i was getting tired of only seeing from the point of view of steven. sometimes you get bored with your own character and your own voice because it was coming from his point of view only i thought how would i get another voice in here. this is the fun part of write itting makes you creative. when you get in a jam you think of things you might not normally do. i thought i need to get other voices in here and i will do this. when sachy goes up to the village. the leper lady when she starts telling him the story her voice come in. i thought to myself, thank god. i could write a section in her voice and not only be in his voice. those things don't come until you need to work them out. that stumped me for awhi

you people, to put up with such a fool as me. oh, no, no. no. don't try to deny it now. what could be more idiotic than for me to walk in here with a box of firecrackers and-- >> it was stupid, sir. >> there. you see? who but a member of a race of such infinite grace and politeness would refrain from calling me a nitwit and a baboon right to my very face? [chuckles] how do you do that? you don't have to answer, really, because it's just that centuries of culture. staggers the imagination.

you people, to put up with such a fool as me. oh, no, no. no. don't try to deny it now. what could be more idiotic than for me to walk in here with a box of firecrackers and-- >> it was stupid, sir. >> there. you see? who but a member of a race of such infinite grace and politeness would refrain from calling me a nitwit and a baboon right to my very face? [chuckles] how do you do that? you don't have to answer, really, because it's just that centuries of culture. staggers the imagination. >> [speaks chinese] >> [speaks chinese] >> [speaks chinese] >> [speaks chinese] >> [speaks chinese] >> and, uh, well, actually, as for the tennis racquets that-that i left here, well, i-i want you to have them. i'm not gonna put in any claim for them or anything like that. it's obvious that they've just, uh...vanished into someone's possession. >> [speaks chinese] >> and, uh, what i mean to say is, uh, i think it would be a wonderful--actually, uh-- well, uh, it's no matter. in any event, i do want you to have them. perhaps in consideration for that, we-- one evening, we might, uh-- miss

i see you coming from a similar background as me growing up catholic i'm not so catholic anymore but there is something that i had with you about that in some way in my mind that has gotten me caught up with how i admire and respect you so much and come out @you at the same time and so i want to saw thank you for your work and i appreciate the time that you are going to have moving forward with your family and it's exceptional and it's something that you valid and i valid my work as a parent on the board of supervisors and i look forward to seeing what you are doing in the future best of luck. >> supervisor elsburnd? the floor is yours common and both microphones.. >> well thank you. thank you to all of you for your kind words. geez i remember my first board meeting over there, i cried, and then my last board meeting better keep keep this quick first i couldn't not be here with the the voter and is district senate. thank you to them, my staff, john gavin who worked like a crow my maternity three system carey black stone and -- the last four years alex and of course, i brought my own p

nobody will tell me. as for discovery package, to see what evidence they have against me, i was told i can't have it because it has explicit pictures on it. >> if conrad is found guilty, the consequences could be severe. >> if i'm found guilty on 38 counts of child pornography, i could receive ten years per count for 38 counts. that's 380 years. that's a lot of time. >>> coming up -- >> i have to believe, i have to believe that one day as soon as possible, preferably, conrad and baron will be charged with their murders and with the arson. >> sammy's grandmother attempts to deal with her loss. >> and -- >> you'll be surprised with the love connections or the pursuing love that goes on here. >> inmate pen pals work for some but lead to trouble for peggy perales. >> this is garcia. she is a class officer here. she's going to be monitoring you from this point on. temerity temerity temerity. >>> i pray that you live to be 100 years old and me, to live 100 minus a day that i'll never know the nice friends like you

my husband says oh hi how are you what's going on and they say nothing you know i had him with me there as well when it's all me you know i need you guys to this is one involved with it in a mother was cooking we came in and he said he wanted to talk and he came in and my husband came in. he told us he had something to say to us and its own that i was a positive this is why i'm in a relationship with a mother started crying and my father being the man he is ask me so what does it mean you want dresses and you bring you do you know who he said that they said my mother was god and just life floored me that started the whole argument and i just walked out you know that put a big strain on our relationship. is different it's better than it was there isn't a whole lot of conversation or close to none conversation about my sexuality me being gay or maybe in a positive. washington d.c. carries the distinction of being ground zero for having the highest h.i.v. infection rate in america all of d.c. has an epidemic because there are unusual consolation as not being a state not even be in city where

what strikes me as i'm looking at these, all the cars. which tells me there are a lot of people on this campus right now. >> and we look at the number of people that we see in this -- in this video from our affiliate, maybe looked like somebody there on the ground, shot some of this, but people outside. and that's, again, says to me, brooke, that i don't see an immediate reaction by these people, they're standing there, which says to me there is most likely not a threat to them, outside of that building. outside where they are, otherwise they would be going to an area, being sent to an area by law enforcement, where they could -- where they would be safe. but they're outside, so where exactly is this -- is this shooter is the main crime scene? we do not know. >> mike, hang with me. we are going to dip into the local coverage. this is our affiliate out of houston khou talking to a witness. if they start going to live pictures, we're pulling away. let's eavesdrop. >> did they ask you to leave, did they tell you a certain way to go? >> yes. t

i am carrying a tripod as tall as me. i walk in and this woman runs out and she is all frustrated and she says my god, you are late. my god, you are late. i am glad you are here. she goes on and she says she was waiting for me to do the ironing. i said with the lights, camera, cameramen and tripod, does it look like i am here to do the ironing? the first time and only time i walked off an assignment because i was personally confronted. >> and they understood at the station that is why you did that? >> oh, yes. >> okay. you talked to martin luther king, you interviewed castro. okay, but you met dr. martin luther king, jr. it was kind of an unexpected meeting because the first job was at a radio station. you were doing the traffic and -- . >> yes, i was working the black operated programs. he was a friend of our national salesmen, when wasn't there to do an event. he was there to it is and relax and find a moment to be quiet and i was the traffic manager. i kept the commercials going and i always worked late so i was there

my dad is important to me as well and taught me about the value of work. working with other people and not just yourself. my sister is here, carol avalos who is a nurse at ucla. she has been an inspiration for me as well. i'm joining here as well by karen's mom, ellen davis. she is also why i am a giants fan, not a red sox fan anymore. i'm a big giants' fan. i brother matthew is here. if you want to stand up in the back. (applause) he is a great brother. lives in la. my brother jess is here, he's going to stand up right now to. my sister-in-law katie cepeda, they have a beautiful garden. i want to say thank you for all your support. have a great campaign staff as well. what do not have to rev up like we did last year when i was running for mayor; i want to thank folks who help me in my campaign, luis barona [sounds like] (applause) not having an opponent was more than we bargained for. i have great volunteers as well, fabiana ochoa, somewhere in the room. as supervisor mar mentioned, nate miller, he was cloned, he worked in my campaign and also on eric's c

. >> i want to thank you for believing as deeply as me and my family does about the possibilities ofr in this country. >> a celebration at the national mall featured celebrity guest evil one gloriaa. -- eva longoria. >> when he signed the bill, he reminded us of what dr. king often called life's most persistent and urgent question what are you doing for others? >> and he rose, reporting. >> be sure to join us for our in moderation coverage on monday. we will kick things early with " good morning washington" at 4:30 a.m. president obama signed more than 20 executive orders on wednesday, many of which called for increased funding to research the effect of guns. >> over in maryland, the governor is also taking aim at gun violence. this week he unveiled a three- part plan to curb gun violence in the state. it includes an all-out ban on military style assault weapons a 10 round limit on ammo magazines and what he called commonsense licensing for all firearms firearms stopped and sold in maryland. >> if you have to get a license to drive a car on the streets, or a motorcycle on the streets

it's like -- so for me, those issues of social justice as well, for me, those are the most important things. i'm reading a lot about bobby kennedy right now, and so he was somebody who writes about poverty. but those things that he was fighting against towards the end of his life and fighting for, there hasn't been a lot of movement, statistically, on a lot of that stuff, and that's 40-some-odd years ago, and that's pretty sad. tavis: i've been at this for almost 10 years now on pbs. as a matter of fact, in january we start our 10th season here on pbs. it's nice when somebody comes on the show and they are as advertised. i have so delighted in, again, having you on the program. >> thanks. tavis: you are as i expected you to be. the new project from matt damon is called "promised land." it's a good one. go check it out. matt, good to have you here. >> thanks, tavis, appreciate it. tavis: see you again soon. >> yeah, you bet. tavis: that's our show for tonight. thanks for watching, and keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. join me next

me one not today not again. it's no lie. i'm going to perform as a clown tonight. to let you make people happy when you perform on stage i already make them happy usually other little people are angry and they both ended people often ask me why i love people and how i manage to do this for example when i go to the pharmacy i always smile say hello and only then asked to buy some painkillers in this case you know aggressive or unhappy person could be rude to me because they automatically just want my openness. to know you should always walk through life with a smile. that those who don't break up themselves will be woken up but and that you have been the right since the beginning you aren't like what's going on with your ex to say you can be of any kind. we'll tell you what i get tired of wearing a mask i work as an entertainer everybody thinks that means having fun but it's not really true you have to work as a psychologist get adjusted to the audience to their mood and you have to smile at all that. i'm not and that hello steel are really a success and that's great

friend i say you know i went to the doctor and i'm about to tell me that my mom told me that i had hiv and i soon as i said that my teacher she automatically pulled my friend away from me and probably glows around the classroom and to the fact that her knowing that i was hiv positive i couldn't go i mean crash ships used to pull garbage bags around me like if i had to use the back to use the bathroom or myself choose to take my school lunch away from me or do so factor me being a child be positive she was abused she was abused by i was school system other children started harassing gravely and she even got older went to know that adults treated this child the way that she did i mean a child was in catholic school. private schools you would think you know somebody know better they do better that was not the case kids used to make fun of me saying that i had the monster or they used to just that i would get things to me like this one guy used to have really long hair she cut my hair off one day like i was while i was watching a movie in class and all of a sudden i heard says gold. and i just want like

son he's thirteen he's going to go to university in a couple of years he wants to be a journalist as me should he go study journalism should he go study mathematics and then become a journalist just pays for personal interest. electable may you decide. to thank every. journalist and. thank you thank you professor for being with us and just to remind that my guest on the show today was perforce a new young so i knew the creator of the shana hiatt ranking one of the most prestigious has actually made him the first ranking university ranking system in the world and i've said for a long long haul flights probably will be back with more rest on call most on what's going on and outside russia until then russia today and take care thank you thank you. thank. lisa. look. i live. it is easy to view it's. easy. to. see. download the official r.t. application to your cell phone choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's if you're away from your television all it just doesn't matter now with your mobile device you can watch r.t. any time anyway.

as an actor. i look forward to opportunities that would allow me to, you know, just expand on my ability and to surprise people. you know, i think that in order to grow as an actor you have to challenge yourself. >> we don't always like our marching orders, but we march. >> i want the names of ross's appointees in order to preserve a 25% return rate to the gardens. >> privileged information. >> chapman, powell. simmons. >> look, if you want to be in good with my boss, maybe leaving his office for the mayor's wasn't your best move, you think? >> tell me about this role in boss. what is it like? >> it's a stretch for me. this gentleman is in politics still it's a familiar place for me as well because in chicago and in the show if you watch it you'll see how closely related politics is with the street. >> yeah, yeah, no r, and i understand that. i think you're the chop for it. that's what surprises people. when you do interviews and you're in these places. people often remark how surprised they are at how talented and articulate you are. i'm not so surprised. why is that so surprising? >> i'm a rapper. >>

as black. so if you and i walk into a room, people recognize me as black. they might question what you are. a lot to do with this idea of, do people see you as black? if people don't see you as black, then you're not black. >> danielle ayers says at first glance very few people see her as black. >> i have always felt like i am a black woman. >> danielle joined the one drop project in 2011 about a decade after the two women met in grad school. danielle's mother is white, and her father is black. he died when she was a teenager. >> i made so many assumptions about dan nielle. i thought she was that type of light-skinned chick. that she thought she was cute and too good and standoffish because she didn't fool with us regular folks. what was going on she had an experience growing up in the middle of pennsylvania in a mennonite community -- >> 92% white, danielle felt like she didn't belong in the only world that she knew. >> it was this quiet ignoring that i often felt as though people just didn't really want to mess with me, you know, they -- you are good, and stay over there. >> how did you g

. >> when i saw the tv, like, you know, a girl same age as me, she kept on screaming. she's calling, mom, mom, in front of all the debris. that thing happens at the same time in the same country. that hit me and i decided to be a seismologist on that night. >> reporter: fast forward 16 years. the 2011 great east japan earthquake served as a turning point in oki's career. the magnitude 9 quake and tsunami were far beyond the imagination of many seismologists. they would duck and cover, evacuate and move to higher ground. but that wasn't enough. as an outreach communicator, oki felt personally responsible for the 20,000 lives that were lost. >> especially after march 11th. i wanted to talk to the general public a lot more and a lot more focus on seismology. earthquake prediction is omplicy is very short and we can't make experiments. so those three, that's the cause of the limitations. so get prepared. that's all we can do. >> reporter: in the meantime, seismologists and government agencies are doing what they can by drawing up a new hazard scenario. they've increased the

long as he stays far away from me, he will go home in one piece. got nothing against homos. it is what it is. but i do got something against casper. >> back downstairs, casper is still agitated and refuses to enter big daddy's former cell. even when he's no longer in it. >> i'm not moving until the sergeant comes in here and talks to me. you're going to drag me out of here. this is [ bleep ]. >> i'm going to let you pass right now as far as a major or anything, if i write you up on a major, you're going to go to the hole. you don't want to do that. for now, just go cool off in your cell. we'll get a hold of the sergeant, all right? >> all right. i expect the sergeant to be here tonight. >> all right. >> right now i basically used some verbal judo. i talked one guy into moving upstairs who initially didn't want to move upstairs and i talked him into going into a cell who really didn't want to be in that cell at all. he wants to talk to the sergeant. we'll get a hold of a sergeant. and no one's life is at risk at this point. he's in his cell all by h

let me play, as you asked me to, one of the voice mails and let our viewers judge.the person, let me use the right word, that manti was speaking to. here is one of the exchanges. >> i'm just letting you know i e-mailed you and i'm getting ready for my first session and i want to keep you posted. i miss you. i love you, bye. >> that could be a girl. it wasn't, but it could be. >> listen, i'm still not sure it's not, by the way. the whole thing seems so bizarre, but the really bizarre and scary question is what motivated the guy pulling off the hoax to do this? why, why did he do this and sustain it over a long period of time? people who do these behaviors are often people who are isolated and socially awkward and are looking for contact in some form and have no identity and feel bad about themselves. he's a football player. manti himself had a girlfriend after this girl allegedly died. >> between the quote/unquote former friends who did the hoax to manti te'o, there's got to be more there, that's what you're saying? >> i'm glad you asked the coach of what this means

one assailant the other one jumps into the fight. >> he and his friend were hitting me in the head asoor. i kind of grabbed him around the throat, kept my head to his chest, like my dad taught me, and just kind of kept moving forward. >> seeing dylan in trouble, devon tries to help. >> i go back around, jump back into the fight. i get slammed against the counter, black out. i was able to pull one of the guys down, still getting punched several times, and then pin him to the ground other customers helped subdue one suspect and keep him inside the store. meanwhile, dylan the underdog here is still wrestling with the other robber when suddenly triumphantly he is able to pull the mask off the thief's face. >> that's when he turned and bolted. he pulled the shirt over his head. he came back and hit me one more time and that kind of dazed me. >> customers are still holding one robbery suspect in the store. but not for long. the other suspect and two of his friends run back into the store and begin pulling him out through the door. >> he had to call his friends to come and they had to drag t