first up harold ford jr.. he is the chair of the organization, and he also has a new book. also, from the grammy award winning group maroon 5, adam levine. they are out with their new cd. that is coming up, right now. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference -- >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: a few programming notes. tomorrow night, a conversation with geoffrey canada and david guggenheim. then later in the week, james ellroy, and robert reich would join us with seal. we also will have nancy brinker. tonight, we kick off the week with harold for junior. the former

a political education," harold ford, junior.er tears started in the fourth chapter when harold ford ran a campaign for his dad. water works. >> i want you to go on tour with me. i need that kind of emotional support. >> can we just drink in the cover here. >> a beautiful cover. put it back up for a second. we tried this. unfortunately for me, i like the concept, the fourth chin eclipsed actually my face. we couldn't go from underneath. you have to stand on the ladder to take a picture of me. >> we brought in the people to doctor the photograph. we couldn't do it. >>> christine o'donnell for the republican party what ned lamont was for the democratic party in 2006? >> we'll have to see. i think democrats this morning have reason to be happy. >> oh, yeah. i would say so. >> let's say this. if you watch these races, these republicans ran individual races. i still believe for democrats to win and hold majorities in both the house and the senate, you're going to have to give them all -- each he and she the opportunity to run their ow

for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org tavis: join me next time with harold ford jr., plus adam levine. that is next time. we will see you then. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i'm james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> susie: a solid rally on wall street today as the market mood turns more positive. >> the worst is probabeh

harold ford junior author of "more davids than goliaths." willie has just sat down. are you okay, donny. >> i found out "morning joe" facts that the 6:00 hour, very interesting. kudos to all of you early risers, the power people, the more powerful the earlier they are up. as an ad guy, i learned something today. >> from 6:00 to 7:00 and they're all sweating, just like me. i'm sweating because my body is still trying to digest the three big macs i ate for breakfast. most of them are watching on the treadmill or stair master. that's fascinating stuff. as you move towards 8:00 the audience gets older. >> fun demographic facts from "morning joe." >> there you go. >> we always talk about what's on the front page of "new york times," "the washington post." i came in here, i sat down as i do 30 seconds before the show begins. everybody here is talking about one story. this is the saddest story on the front of the "new york post." i think it's on "the new york times" front page, too. willie, what's the story here. >> an 18-year-old freshman from ridge woods, new jersey, my h

harold ford junior is back at the table. mike barnicle still with us. steven rattner still with us.ite house correspondent and political director chuck todd. >> the more things change, the more they stay the same. another administration, another war, another woodward book and tales of infighting all over the place. >> i don't know what you're talking about. think obey want can't nobody by, the response from the white house, there's nothing to see here. these aren't the disagreements you're looking for. the senior administration officials put out very lengthy response to the woodward book this morning. and their buckback on this is this, hey, there's been policy disagreements. everybody knew that at the time there was a disagreement, particularly between biden and gates, for instance, between the military side essentially and the diplomatic side. and it's also not news that ambassador holbrook e is someboy that rubbed people the wrong way. they look at it as the president is somebody who wants people around the table with different ops. it swrould been weirder had everybody come to t

if harold ford had stayed in the race, he would have walked away with it.een know. >> i think he would have been a strong candidate. >> i call him mr. senator right now. >> the whole delicate issue of when you run and make that judgment. >> a fine balance. >> such a squeaker in politics. >> of course, mort zuckerman as well. >> let's look at colorado. the times/cnn poll shows that incumbent michael bennett trails republican ken buck by a five-point margin, 49% to 44%. >> here, of course, we heard buck was the tea partier and there was no way he was going to win. he's doing quite well. >> a businessman who is not in the sharron angle mode of extreme statements and positions from the past. michael bennett he's the incumbent, but appointed to the seat. still not very well known. what may save michael bennett is the governor's race where republicans nominated a tea party candidate who is very weak. that poll is not out of line with where that race is. >> again, i'll bring it up. among all voters bennett is actually ahead. at this point you're not looking at tha