>> funding for overheard with evan smith is proviied in part by the mat son mchale foundation in support also by mfi foundation, life within our commmnity. and from the texas board of certified attoonees in your communityy eperienced, respected, and ested.. alss, by hhllco partners texas gooernment affairs heaath care coosultiig& -usiness unnt, hilco health and byythh alice clay bbrg reynolds foundation and viewers like you, thank you. >> i am evan smith, an actor & ddreccor and producer whose four decades of cretin clouds midnight cowboys the kingdom and ther book aad -uthor of chillren's books most recent which the creature of the seventh grade has been published. he issballojj bob ball thaa this is overheard. p> mosttpeopleewant the same thing, hey want a ggod job. >> i realized peopll weeen't wrrting things in my voice so i realize i had to dooit &-for myself. &- >> as a kid i love this. >> we are a better countrry3 tan we used to be ut eú& have more to do it anddwe3 need to get at it. &-get the buzz you get fromúworking at the absolute top dollar a year place. >> bob balaban,,welcom

>> funding for overheard with evan smith is proviied in part by the mat son mchale foundation in support also by mfi foundation, life within our commmnity. and from the texas board of certified attoonees in your communityy eperienced, respected, and ested.. alss, by hhllco partners texas gooernment affairs heaath care coosultiig& -usiness unnt, hilco health and byythh alice clay bbrg reynolds foundation and viewers like you, thank you. >> i am evan smith, an actor & ddreccor and producer whose four decades of cretin clouds midnight cowboys the kingdom and ther book aad -uthor of chillren's books most recent which the creature of the seventh grade has been published. he issballojj bob ball thaa this is overheard. p> mosttpeopleewant the same thing, hey want a ggod job. >> i realized peopll weeen't wrrting things in my voice so i realize i had to dooit &-for myself. &- >> as a kid i love this. >> we are a better countrry3 tan we used to be ut eú& have more to do it anddwe3 need to get at it. &-get the buzz you get fromúworking at the absolute top dollar a year place. >> bob balaban,,welcom

>> funding for overherd with evan smith is provided in part by the mattson mchale foundation n. support of public television. also by mfi foundation. improving the quaaity of life wwthin our community. and from the texas board of legal specialization, board certified attorneys in your community. experienced, respected, and tested. also by hillco partners. texas gooernment affairs consultancy,,and its global health care consulting business unnt, hillco health. and by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation and viewers like you. thank you. >> i'm evan ssith, she's a prolific author, respected academic researchers and former assistant secretary of education, who has been one of the most provocative big thinkers on education in america for decades, she's diane ravich. this is ooerherd. >> we have fifteen million kids in our country who grow up below theepoverty line. >> most americans want the same thing. >> i realized there weren't a lot of people writing things in my voice, so i realized i had to do it for myself. >> and he said kid i love youu& because. >> we are a better country t

i am evan smith and i am pleased to be here with robert draper. his latest book is "do not ask what good we do", inside the house of representatives. he is a familiar face around these parts having spent the early part of his career as one of the marquee writers. it is kind of like dean martin and jerry lewis. he is currently a contributing writer to "the new york times" magazine and national geographic and his previous books include a critically acclaimed biography of george bush and two novels. he is a native of houston and please join me in welcoming robert draper. >> thank you. >> i thought we would start broad. are we better off than we were two years ago? [laughter] >> do i really have to answer that question? [laughter] >> well, i think that the unit of management that the democrats would use is different from that that the republicans would use. as speaker john boehner has said. the fact that we have passed a record number of bills the swell of congress. the we are not increasing taxes and that is one way of looking at it. it has a record

smith are going to play mirror images of each other. >> this is the ultimate head to head. think of dynasty with joan collins and linda evans. similar to that. i have to say, although i'm a proud american, when you see the first smackdown scene between maggie smith and shirley maclaine, i think maggie smith wins it because the zingers hit more with a british accent. but there's my low american self-esteem. >> we all love matthew and mary, getting them together. they finally get together. >> it's like luke and laura. >> here it is, everybody. really juicy stuff. >> lady mary crowley, will you do me the honor of becoming my wife. >> yes. >> oh. play it again. i mean, it's just perfect stuff. here's the bummer, though. dan stevens, who plays the character matthew, he's leaving the show. >> no comment. >> that's all you're going to say. >> you're not going to tell me what it means to the story line. >> no, i can't. there are shocks coming. that's all i can say. get your kleenex out. >> the castle there, it's actually part of the set. >> absolutely. >> they film inside. they don't go to other studios. it's become this tourist dest