tonight, part two of our conversation with legendary songwriters alan and marilyn bergman. they have written iconic songs, earning them three academy awards along the way. more on their longtime collaboration with barbra streisand. we are glad you joined us. some legends alan and marilyn bergman now. >> 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. >> we're back with night two of a conversation with alan and marilyn bergman. barbra streisand was given a lto lot to work with. i asked perhaps an impossible question. i wanted to give you some time to think about it but alan made the point that the toughest part of their job is trying to find a new way to talk about love. a new way to define love. i want -- over the course of the years, give me a few lines that speak to that condition that you are proud of. >> one i can think of because it

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tavis: what a pleasure to welcome alan and marilyn bergman. she was telling me about her granddaughter. she brags about her grandbaby and her daughter. over the course of those as husband and wife, they have teamed up on the most memorable songs of all time including "the ay we were," and "you don't bring me flowers." they have won 16 awards and a number of others including induction into the songwriters hall of fame. alan and marilyn bergman, i am angered -- honored to have you on this couch. >> we have been here before. tavis: any time i see them in town, i will run across everybody to get to the burdens -- bergmans. you are two wonderful and special people, to say nothing of your man's talent. thank you for finally getting on this couch. let's start with this and do with it first and move on. how did barbara streisand -- barbra stress and become your mews -- streisand become your muse? >> we have had a lot of years together. we were taken to hear her sing when she was 18. by a composer who wrote "funny girl." from that first night we knew t

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of creative problems ingeniously and there's for example there was never any censorship on ingmar bergman. and yet he is the greatest screenwriter who ever lived and created almost forty films that are the worst of them the least of them are better than most what we watch today but there was no censorship except by baird he forced himself to demand the highest standards of himself and so if artists become indulgent when there's no censorship whatever then they produce pablum but when something when they set standards when someone set standards then they have to be creative you are talking about stories about the necessity of stories only in life but. sometimes i see that interpretation for cinema off classical literature doesn't always become a success no stories maybe greats what is that well be for for a lot of reasons not the least of which had the power and the beauty of a novel is the drama does ation of inner conflict. but you cannot photograph thought. so it's not a mad every novel can become a great movie no. because. crime and punishment is all taking place and work around where

most of his books were made into movies, and he apparently hated them, although i thought ingrid bergman and gary cooper looked pretty good in that one. he absolutely despised that way, so he formulated hemingway's rules for writers when dealing with hollywood, and it goes like this: you take the manuscript of your book, and you put it in the trunk of your car, and you drive up to the california state line, and you stop this side of the california state line, you take your manuscript out of the trunk, you make them throw the money across first. [laughter] and then you hurl your manuscript at them and drive back east. [laughter] and it's, it's probably a pretty good rule. but i think four or five of them are -- three years ago my agent called me a great state of excitement, and she said, are you sitting down? i said, well, yes. yes, i am sitting down. she said, i've got the most amazing news. i said, yeah? she said, charlize theron is officially attached to florence of arabia. i was sort of waiting for -- and? i said, yeah? well, she's attached to the project. i said, well, what does that

i remember one of the first -- a powerful experience, i saw him in bergman's filming, and he plays chess with the -- i remember that. then i had a luck and privilege to meet him a few times. an unforgettabl forgettable act. >> h.charlie: he was at this tae within last year. >> very kind, very simple. wonderful. >> charlie: the director advise you not to get too emotional? >> well, i don't remember exactly his remark, but he used to be very well-known painter, son of very famous -- his mother was a very famous theatre critic, and theatre historian and founder, one of the best theatre directors. he took the last name of his mother for some reason. his theatre is not a typical traditional russian psychological theatre, let's say. it's more in the way he -- the way he tell story, it's nothing like it. that's why when he approached me with this project, i happily agreed to it, because i felt i i can -- i can understand these people, and i can be -- and especially it's in french and russian -- that would be a challenge and a sweet beginnings or sweet endings. somehow i felt that people who hea

it's like ingmar bergman got together and wrote the script.eople who are patriots and they don't want to see the american voice be bought this easily. >> hopefully my candidate will continue to be the president of the united states after this campaign. it will be very serious. david axelrod talked about it once you're done running for election you can kay i'll never be on the ballot for dog catcher or president again. but this is really bad. for him to take the obama for america field troops who will never run for election again say let's go from door-to-door, this is not something that conservative independents are against us on. >> john: but the wrath we get, the unions do the same thing those teacher unions with their demand for more chalk. >> under bikra you had the same set of rules on treasury contributions for any unions, small, medium-sized and large. and corporations, you had a rational process. you may not have loved it, but compared to today it looks like eden. >> john: is it possible to close this gap at all. >> i don't think there

. >> ingrid bergman is low maintenance? >> definitely. >> which one am i? >> you're the worst kind. maintenance but i think you're low maintenance. >> i don't see that. >> you don't see that? wait i'll have the salmon with the mustard sauce but i want the mustard sauce on the side. on the side is a very big thing for you. >> i just want it the way i want it. >> i know. high maintenance. >> welcome back. time for "what now." that was a scene from "when harry met sally" a film classic. nora ephron passed away yesterday at the age of 71. hugo, your favorite moment? >> i'm just going to pick one. i read it in the "new york times," a piece she wrote a few years ago in the "new york times" describing her time as an intern in the president kennedy white house. she described herself as the only intern that he did not make a pass at. >> s.e.? >> "heartburn." great movie. >> incredible, underrated film. rana? >> i like that she found humor in age. >> i feel bad about my neck, incredible book. jimmy williams? >> once again, s.e. and i agree. "heartburn." it was the first big boy adult book tha

good morning and hello to taylor danielle bergman. >> big name. >> big name. >> for a big man. >> big future is so bright,. >> he has to wear shades. >> he has to wear shades. >> love it. >> cutie. >>> this picture was taken, well, i don't know when this was taken because, the prompter is not running thank you guys this was submitted by his mom jessica who he says he is a huge huge fan of the segment, send us your child's picture go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings thank you so much taylor you will need those sunglasses today, tomorrow through the weekend including the folk life festival as our sunshine is going to be burning bright around here for the next couple days. let's do temperatures and after cooling off overnight back into the 50s. low 60s gradually starting to warm up nothing too extreme 70 washington 61 degrees in frederick, 63 winchester and let's see fredericksburg on the 50s. 69 degrees for you in for another nice one lots of sunshine expected still low humidity, changes as we get into thursday and the end of the week in the form of warmer temperatures here is your

. >> i miss jules bergman.uick to react to the supreme court decision yesterday on obamacare. listen. >> as you might imagine, i disagree with the supreme court's decision and i agree with the dissent. what the court did not do on its last day in session, i will do on my first day if elected president of the united states. and that is i will act to repeal obamacare. >> while the court ruling in favor of the health care law may seem like a big win for the president of the united states, it was governor romney who has raised over $4 million after the ruling came down after the supreme court of the united states ruled. so whose victory is this really? let's talk to our political panel and we have all sides contained. we got fox news contributor santita jackson and joe trippi along with the former lieutenant governor of new york, betsy mccoy. good morning to all of you. who thinks the president's big win yesterday was helpful to mitt romney? wait a minute. we're all getting along here? what do you think? >> i think