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dr. martin luther king has been killed. also faller brooks and treat me as somebody who was a pioneer who went out there and basically circumvented the admissions process. very controversial, as you know. those of you read the book and know him. a very strong-willed man who went out in a car, drove to the school, personally interviewed a lot of these men, not those who came in through other means such as eddie you came in through an athletic scholarship -- em eye-popping my piece? there. and can you still hear me? probably better. and then sat in a coffee shop one night and decided who was calling to get in. the two of them and then he presented a bill to the president at the time. $80,000 which for college that had about a million dollars in damage at the time was quite a cost to bear. but what he was looking for, i asked him how you decide. anybody who is apparent in the room knows that intelligence is not necessarily something that is a hallmark of success. it does not lead to success. when you talk to father brooks he w

dr. king, one of the greatest americans of the 20th century. let me link king to obama, since you mentioned both of their names. president obama, on the fund- raising trail, he has said any number of times -- he has retold that story many times. i have got a whole bunch of romney questions, as well. so the president tells this story time and time again. i am not the only one. there are a lot of folks in the media who have written about this. he does not like progressives whining about this. rahm emanuel, so dismissive of the left, dismissive of progressives. so here is the irony of this. so dr. king is a famously known as foretelling lbj -- is famously known for telling lbj, the president meeting with dr. king and asking martin to tone it down, and he said, "mr. president, it is the protests that are making a powerful." they find it annoying. they do not like the winding -- whining. it is a long way to say if you do not like being pushed by your left flank, if you do not like being pushed by people who are doing this, then what motivates you? >> there is what happens in the political atmosphere. there are a lot who need to be pushed. raising the minimum wage or

has just released a new text. the book is called "bull by the horns." we're glad you have 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 by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminating hunger and we have work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: sheila bair is the former chair of the fdic. her efforts to take on wall street excess and stand up for average americans is the subject of the new text "bull by the horns." to goodve you on this program. >> thank you for having me. tavis: let me start with the news of this week. everybody knows in 48 hours, for the first time, mitt romney and mr. obama will come face to face in a debate. if you were jim wednesday night, where these issues are concerned, at the economy, how we avoid what has happened already, how we avoid falling into another recession, around those issues, what ought

dr. martin luther king told us all... >> his daughter read a letter from the president >> thanks to a computer chip a georgia family hass siberian husky -- five years after they were separated. heather jackson and her brother drove 700 miles from chatsworth georgia to the mchenry county animal control. they didn't waste any time and got back on the road because there were kids at home waiting to see shakira. the dog was known as kathy to the staff at free spirit in harvard -- which received the dog august 11th from a georgia shelter. staffers realized the dog had a microchip and the owners were contacted. no word on how the georgia animal shelter missed the chip. david blaine... he's back! with a new trick... >> plus... one of chicago is very ow [ female announcer ] with the 2-in-1 swiffer sweeper, a great clean doesn't have to take long. i'm done. are you thinking what i'm thinking? ♪ give me just a little more time ♪ okay. all right. oh! [ female announcer ] the 2-in-1 swiffer sweeper uses electrostatic dry cloths to clean better than a broom. and its wet mopping cloths can clean better than a mop in half the time so

has an all chopin disk. he is performing to benefit the lang lang international music foundation. a conversation with lang lang coming up right now. >> 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 by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminating hunger and we have work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: always pleased to welcome lang lang, the hottest artist on the classical music planet according to "the new york times". he released "the chopin album" and will be performing a special concert on october 30 benefiting his international music foundation and this past summer he just turned 30, not bad for a guy who has made the "time 100" list. so much to get to. some of the making of the chopin album. ♪ >> japan is not just exercisers -- chopin isnot just exercise your fingers. today i want to start playing again. i'm not just focused on technical point but i realize why i'm doing this

has landed him on the top 100 list can receive approval from the gates foundation. our conversation with salman khan, coming up right now. >> 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 by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminating hunger and we have work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: if you think they are not any big ideas out there, salman khan is a man with a big idea. he founded the free nonprofit khan academy to provide free education to anyone, anywhere. he has delivered more than 45 million lessons today. salman khan, good to have you on this program today. when you say the one world schoolhouse, what do you mean by that? >> it was intentionally in chosen to be interpreted a couple of different ways. it is kind of a play on words, to harken back to the one-room schoolhouse where you have the students all helping each other, more time with the teacher. tavis:

award has always been a major national book price with a hosted outstanding previous winners including among so many others, langston hughes, zora neale hurston and even the reverend dr. martin luther king jr.. and now thanks to the vision, commitment and shared energy of one person, we now have a hot web site and live streaming video of our event, national press coverage and several cavorting lectures and presentations and you know who that one person is. she is the lifeblood of the anisfeld-wolf book awards, my dear friend and comrade mary louise khan. give it up for mary louise. stand up, mary louise. [applause] our annual ceremony has become an important event on cleveland social and intellectual calendar and that takes an entire team of people including ron of course but also cindy schultz. cindy, please stand up in the six other team members who have worked for months to create this evening. give it up for cindy. [applause] as married with louise put it to me just yesterday and i quote the e-mail making sure i was going to be here, the e-mail -- called me when i was on the plane. i stop to get a shoe shine and she almost had a heart attack. i'm quoting from her e-mail to shove her