- [announcer] funding for overheard with evan smith is provided in part by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation and hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy and by klru's producers circle, ensuring local programming that reflects the character and interests of the greater austin, texas, community. - i'm evan smith, he's a cnn commentator and columnist for the daily beast whose latest book is too dumb to fail, how the gop betrayed the reagan revolution to win elections and how it can reclaim its conservative roots. he's matt k. lewis, this is overhead. he's matt k. lewis, this is overhead. let's be honest, is this about the ability to learn or is this about the experience of not having been taught properly? how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa? i hate to say that he'd made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it. you saw a problem and over time, took it on. let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak, are you gonna run for president? i think i just got an f from you. (upbeat music) (upbeat music) matt lewis, welcome. - good to

- [announcer] funding for overheard with evan smith is provided in part by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation and hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy. and by klru's producers circle, ensuring local programming that reflects the character and interests of the greater austin, texas community. - i'm evan smith, he's been a familiar face in the movies and on tv for decades, with credits ranging from do the right thing, and the usual suspects, to homicide and breaking bad. his latest film as both an actor and director is this is your death. he's giancarlo esposito, this is overheard. (happy organ music) let's be honest, is this about the ability to learn or is this about the experience of not having been taught properly? how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa ... not to say that he made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it. you saw a problem and over time took it on ... let's start with the sizzle before we get to this state. are you gonna run for president? i think i just got an f from you. (audience applause) giancarlo esposito, we

d with evan smith is provided in part by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation. and hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy. and by klru's producers circle, ensuring local programming that reflects the character and interests of the greater austin, texas community. - i'm evan smith, he's america's police chief, the longtime and now former top cop in dallas, thrust into the national spotlight on one of the force's and the city's most tragic days. his memoir, called to rise: a life in faithful service to the community that made me, has just been published. he's david o. brown, this is overheard. let's be honest, is this about the ability to learn or is this about the experience of not having been taught properly? how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa? you can say that he'd made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it. you saw a problem and over time took it on. let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak, are you gonna run for president? i think i just got an f from you. this is overheard. (audience applaus

- [narrator] funding for overheard with evan smith is provided in part by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation, and hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy, and by klru's producers circle, ensuring local programming that reflects the character and interests of the greater austin, texas community. - i'm evan smith, he's the longtime ceo and chairman of southwest airlines, which broke its own records for revenue and passenger traffic in 2016, and carried more people to destinations across the u.s. than any other airline. he's gary kelly. this is overheard. (moderately paced music) let's be honest. is this about the ability to learn, or is this about the experience of not having been taught properly. how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa? you can say that he made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it. you know you saw a problem, and over time, took it on. let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak. are you gonna run for president? i think i just got an f from you actually. (crowd applauds) (crowd applauds) gary kelly, welcom

back with me, my panel, liz smith, evan siegfried, bob franklin. you have tom boss ert defending this, the hhs secretary on "meet the press," kind of deflecting. republicans have been largely psi lnt about this. i haven't heard the leadership coming out and saying they may have in other instances, stop it already. what's going to happen with this? >> i think a lot of people are not recognizing that we are in our first tmz presidency, that whatever the president does it's some sort of grudge or the latest tirade against some sort of perceived villain for giving fair and accurate coverage of his presidency. but what you're missing is the overall strategy behind this on trump's part. it's about him selling to his base how successful he is, and if anybody says that it's not true, it's about discrediting them. >> my argument has been he's got that base. i was at an event last week with him in iowa, last week, i lose track of time with this new world we're in. i was with him and talked to a lot of people in line. they said to me nothing he can do or say

smith. the metro leads with the publishing of the wages of the bbc‘s top earners, with chris evans allegedlyfair. bbc pay also dominates the front page of the sun, which reports friction between colleagues following the publication of star salaries. on the same story, the express claims differences in pay along lines of gender has caused anger among some bbc employees. and has led to criticism from theresa may, who has called on the bbc to do more to ensure parity in pay between men and women, according to the ft. the telegraph claims that the government has warned the bbc that its highest—paid male stars must take a wage cut to close the gap. in other news, the i leads with the unexpected decision by ministers to increase the state pension age by a year to 68. so, let's kick off. the guardian — backlash as the bbc‘s male stars dominate the top palest. i've got a better story than that. the bbc's story dominates, but the pension story dominates, but the pension story is important. the pension story is important. the pension story is important to me, because it doesn't affect me, but young be

. >> evan: i don't see how it said disenfranchisement to ask for an i.d. i can walk into any voting place and say i'm john smith. and they will say go ahead and vote. >> alyona: a lot of people don't have ideas, birth certificates, proper documents. >> evan: they offer you free ids in new york city. >> alyona: new york city is not necessarily the problem. we are often talking about lower income, minorities, the elderly. >> eric: do you see that all they are asking for, this commission, is publicly available information. >> alyona: but they are not. that's why 44 states are saying no because some of the information like social security numbers. not available. >> kat: i'm not going to read my social security number on the air. >> eric: this is from a letter they sent to the state of iowa. "in accordance with each state laws and i'm requesting you provide to the commission publicly available motorola data -- voter roll data." >> evan: is it a violation of the privacy act? >> eboni: we will continue on this. cnn embroiled in a new controversy, now being accused of blackmailing the man behind the infamous trump-cnn

smith. dojoin us for that. the bbc has disclosed the salaries of its top stars after being compelled to do so by the government. chris evansof more than £2 million. gary lineker earns over £1.75 million, and graham norton over £850,000 — though that figure doesn't include his tv chat show. the disclosure has divided opinion, with some saying it's unfair on the corporation, others questioning the bbc‘s use of public money. there's also criticism that only a third of the names on the list are women. the bbc‘s director general defended the salaries, saying the corporation has to work in a very competitive market. 0ur media correspondent david sillito reports. the secrets are out — gary lineker of match of the day is the second highest—paid star in the bbc. behind him is graham norton. but at number one, it's chris evans on £2.2 million for presenting on radio 2 and top gear. there was a little crowd of reporters waiting as he left work today. we are the ultimate public company, i think. and therefore i think it's probably, on balance, right and proper that people know what we get paid. and here are the details. gary lineker‘s