a rare conversation with joni mitchell. coming up right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> joni mitchell is one of the top ranked talents the contemporary music. i appoint them to look at her new four disk collection of her 53 remarkable songs remastered and reimaged called love has many faces. before we start our conversation we take a look and tribute to her. she wrote this song when she was just 21. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ don't give yourself away ♪ ♪ i really don't know love ♪ i really don't know love at all ♪ ♪ >>> joni, 21. you've been prolific a long time. >> yeah. there's a trumpet player named ambros who's new on the jazz seen. he said joni, how do you it. >> i said what. >> he says, how did you do it, 21, whatever. i says, i don't know. you know, i was under contract. i had to deliver. this is some kind of duty. >> there are a whole lot of folk on contract who haven't put out the stuff you've put out for all of these years. >> you do say first in this book. i want to jump in. can i just say that i'm amazed by the packaging. we will talk about that.

news include the group of fans known as swifties. >> taylor swift was the top pick to portray joni mitchellevealed she prevented the biopic from being made telling them all you have is a girl with high cheek bones. it's just a lot of gossip. >> it would be based on a book "girls like us." >> they look so much alike when you have -- look at that. >> that makes sense. i see that. >> come on. give her a chance, joni. >>> time for some celebrity birthdays. >> celebrating today, one and only tina turner. 75 years old. >> actor peter from twilight and nurse jackie turns 41. >> natasha bedingfield 33. >> i love her music. >> and, of course, fellow british singer starring in "fifty shades of gray" next year turns 24. happy birthday to all of you. >>> coming your way, a rare look at young women as they decide to become nuns. >> a look inside a convent. you're watching "world news now." "world news now." you're watching "world news now." she loves to shop online with her debit card. and so does bill, an identity thief who stole mary's identity, took over her bank accounts, and stole her hard earned m

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i'm on cloud nine -- joni mitchell. i'm on cloud nine. herbie hancock, thank you for being on. thank you. that's our show for tonight. thanks for watching, and as always, keep the faith. ♪ >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. >>> hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation about bias and how to combat it with nate parker and a psychologist. that's next time. we'll see you then. >>> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> rose: welcome to the program, first up the president's visit to china. we talk with edward luce, orville schell and cheng li. >> don't forget that, you know, the central plank of president obama's foreign policy, perhaps his legacy, the thing he most wants to be his legacy is the pivot to asia. which he announced, well, which hillary clinton, then secretary of state announced in president obama's first term. and the chinese, even before xi jinping took on the top job, the chinese see this as a thinly veiled strategy of u.s. containment. and xi jinping has been more explicit

i'm on cloud nine -- joni mitchell. i'm on cloud nine. herbie hancock, thank you for being on. thank you. that's our show for tonight. thanks for watching, and as always, keep the faith. ♪ >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. >>> hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation about bias and how to combat it with nate parker and a psychologist. that's next time. we'll see you then. >>> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> next, on kqed news room, libby schaaf. >> lessons from the election, what impact the spending had and which issues are gaining the momentum. plus, the importance of giving back. a profile of the man who founded the tech museum humanitarian award. >> tech companies are becoming active in giving back as a symbol of what is right to do with technology. ♪ ♪ ♪

joni mitchell -- >> that's liz. liz: may be coming to an end at merrill lynch.utive who ushered in this change -- >> i think there he is right there. liz: is he? skipped a lot back in those days, didn't they? >> we broke the story and others are following, like reuters, that merrill lynch has seen increased turnover because of rebelling against this massive cultural change going on at merrill. part of it is involving the bank. they're owned by bank of america, but part of it is what john deal is doing -- liz: and he runs the brokerage. >> urging them to adopt a new age lifestyle; meditation, taking naps, playing bongo drums, you name it. liz: californians get that. >> i don't know, i don't think he's advocating pot smoking. but maybe dancing. [laughter] liz: purple plus blue equals stunning. >> that's merrill lynch's brokerage force right now. he's asking them to basically adopt this new age lifestyle which includes meditation. he bring this guy david ji, he's an expert at meditation. liz: okay. >> the brokers at merrill used to be this hard-charging force. he's

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nbc reached out to joni mitchell and taylor swift.>> i'm hoping so. on my list of women i love and adore, joni mitchell is at the top. let's see if this was subject to interpretation. did jordan sparks just slam her ex in a song? it sounds like it. may be throwing shade, as we say, in her new remix of how about now? the lyrics seem to be very telling that this split has not been good. "remember when you broke your neck and i had to wash your back for ya, huh? well i'm up for you and you suck right now." who else could she be talking about? >> it could be somebody else maybe. >> 2012? oscar winner nicole kidman and reese witherspoon, limited series based on the book "big little lies." david kelly is set to produce. the murder mystery revolves around three moms to preschoolers in an upper middle class suburban town. both kidman and witherspoon got the rights to the book in august. no word on when the series will begin. natalie? >> i just picked up the books. i think that's exciting. >> i love ending on a positive. >> eggnog season start

. >> osgood: you don't know what you've got until it's gone, from the joni mitchell song.s true. at least not for one boy our steve hartman has met. >> 9-year-old ben pierce from denton, texas, isn't blind. he's just preparing for that eventuality. born 17 weeks premature, ben suffers from a condition that slowly stealing his sight. 's already lost his peripheral vision and his parents, dan and heidi, say the rest may soon follow. >> our goal became, what can we help him experience to, we sat him down said, what do you think you want to see, what is on your wish list? are you excited? >> the last year, the pierces have been crossing sites on ben's "before i go blind" bucket list. they have explored everything. from the depths of arizona to high above alaska. from places they can go in their van. to far away. >> i have no idea. >> me either. >> the kid is nine. which is also reflected in the list itself. >> we tried to stay very true to exactly what he said. it was weird. inside of a water tower. wanted to see the inside of the apple store. his enthusiasm about seeing these

it came out six or seven weeks from joni mitchell's big yellow taxi which is probably the other candidate for that title. also covered on this album by carmen. but marvin gaye's song was a really signal moment. it was a moment when it was not at all strange as it sort of would a few years later for our most popular to be singing about fish full of mercury and so on and so forth. that's the spirit that's coming back to this movement. the people who organized this march on sunday, above all, are the environmental justice community groups in this city. people like elizabeth pierre and ed key lap tease that and -- eddie lap tease that and in, many others, and it's that kind of beat and that kind of sound that we need to get back in the, back in business. john denver's all very well and good, but it's pretty wonderful to have marvin gaye back in operation as well. so here comes antonique smith. [applause] >> hi, everybody. is that my mic? hi. good evening. >> hi. >> i'm so excited to be here. this is such, i mean, one of the most important causes we could possibly talk about because all our li

. >> taylor swift is getting a lot of attention but folk legend jo joni mitchell is not a fan. , i said to the producer, all you've got is a girl with high cheekbones. >> that's just really not true at all. >> she's a rock and roll hall famer. she said the material was filmed with nonsense, gossip and assumptions. >> i understand the second part of that. >> i think her big quibble is with the actual movie. she threw in there, the only thing she had going for her was taylor swift -- >> high cheekbones and also a girl with high cheekbones who happens to be one of the more transformative figures in american popular music over the past decade. >> but an actress, i don't know. having her play a role -- >> she's talented -- >> that's what i'm saying, no, i'm saying, she's like one of the most transformative figures -- >> i think there's more to that. >> -- in pop music in a long time. well, maybe the script is very bad. >> yeah, exactly. >> sounds like it was. >> don't attack me. did i just say something that's going to get me attacked? >> let's try this one. after seattle seahawks ru

joni ernst -- >> is fantastic. >> going to win the state possibly that barack obama has carried twice. >> not just carried. it launched the presidential campaign. iowa giveth, iowa taketh. >> chuck todd thank you, robert kosta, andrea mitchellse best chance, but that's only if he decides to caucus with them. greg orman joins us. >>> plus what happened to wendy davis. ari melber returns. >>> and we turn to show biz, as martin short swings by the set. we'll be right back. [ julie ] the wrinkle cream graveyard. if it doesn't work fast... you're on to the next thing. neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair has the fastest retinol formula to visibly reduce fine lines and wrinkles in just one week. neutrogena®. faster than d-con. what will we do with all of these dead mice? tomcat presents dead mouse theatre. hey, ulfrik! hey, agnar! what's up with you? funny you ask. i'm actually here to pillage your town. [ villagers screaming ] but we went to summer camp together. summer camp is over. ♪ [ male announcer ] tomcat. [ cat meows ] [ male announcer ] engineered to kill. [ male announcer ] tomcat. you drop 40 grand on a new set of wheels, then... wham! a minivan t-bones you. guess what: your insurance company will only give you 37-thousand