then ken burns is here to talk about his new documentary "prohibition." in his honor, i will interview him hammered. amazon unveiled its new ipad competitor, the kindle fire. i'm going to use mine to order the new iphone. this is "the colbert report." captioning sponsored by comedy central [cheering and applause] >> stephen: thank you very much. you're very kind. [audience chanting "stephen"] thank you very much, you especially. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. thank you. welcome to "the report." good to have you with us. thank you so much. thank you so much. thank you. please, please. folks, folks, you know what, if i were here, i'm sure i would do the same thing. and, folks, everybody out there in not-on-tv land, it must seem to you as though all us celebrities know each other. i bet you think somewhere jerry seinfeld is hanging out having cocktails with taylor lautner and magic johnson. kate winslet is whale hunting with tom hanks. i'm here to tell you, folks, it's all true. as a famous person, i know all other famous people, except for one, george clo

host: we're running out of time with ken burns. one last phone call. paul, an independent in detroit, michigan. good morning. caller: good morning. guest: good morning, paul. caller: thank you very much. you mentioned earlier as far as the kennedys not having any affiliation -- i looked at "national geographic" and they said the kennedys were affiliated with -- [indiscernible] would you elaborate on that for me, please? and thanks a lot for putting together what you put together. because what you're showing is a group together can do things. guest: that's exactly what is what it is. and that is always the great lesson of a democracy. i would refer you to the book "the last call: the rise and fall of prohibition." dan was a consultant to our film. we worked in parallel tracks. we benefited from his research. i hope he benefited to some extend from ours. he appears in our film as an on-camera commentator. i think he goes in, in that book, in great detail about the kennedys. and i think that whether someone has contact with people in the world, it's been

i'm joined by ken burns, the man who made it. what a pleasure, ken.. >> thanks for having me. >> what's interesting is the timing. while you work on your films for years, literally, the timing of this almost pop culture resurgence phenomenon, boardwalk empire, this is great for you. but what is it that inspired you years ago to get this going? >> i think we're all drawn to that gangster era and the speakeasy with flapper dancing on the table. short skirts, bobbed hair, all of that stuff. we will be always interested in it. we were interested, lynn novak, the co-director and co-producer with me. we were interested because this is the original culture war. this was as much about single issue political campaigns that metastasize with horrible unintended consequences, organized crime. there's a group of people who feel they've lost control of their country and want to take it back. they can take it back by the demonization of recent immigrants of the united states and as always, african-americans. it's about unfunded congressional mandates. everything tha

you told me a story about ken burns. i wonder if he could maybe start with that. >> we have all seen the wonderful documentary is that film maker ken burns does on pbs. after the conclusion of the one on jazz, i had a conversation with the filmmaker. it was really moving conversation for may because what he said was that he had grown up -- he and i are roughly the same age -- he had grown up during the civil rights era o. i believe he also lost his mother during that time, when he was about 12 years old. so this was a very emotional time in his life and a time that stuck in his memory. and when he came up with the stories, the trilogy -- the first was the civil war. the second was baseball. and the third was jazz. for him, each of those were metaphors about race in america. i found that very moving. if you think about it, it makes sense. but then again, it does not. my question to him was -- is there a metaphor for race? is there a way to talk about and think about race that is not so male-dominated? if you think about t

host: we're running out of time with ken burns. one last phone call. paul, an independent in detroit, michigan. good morning. caller: good morning. guest: good morning, paul. caller: thank you very much. you mentioned earlier as far as the kennedys not having any affiliation -- i looked at "national geographic" and they said the kennedys were affiliated with -- [indiscernible] would you elaborate on that for me, please? and thanks a lot for putting together what you put together. because what you're showing is a group together can do things. guest: that's exactly what is what it is. and that is always the great lesson of a democracy. i would refer you to the book "the last call: the rise and fall of prohibition." dan was a consultant to our film. we worked in parallel tracks. we benefited from his research. i hope he benefited to some extend from ours. he appears in our film as an on-camera commentator. i think he goes in, in that book, in great detail about the kennedys. and i think that whether someone has contact with people in the world, it's been

host: we're running out of time with ken burns. one last phone call. paul, an independent in detroit, michigan. good morning. caller: good morning. guest: good morning, paul. caller: thank you very much. you mentioned earlier as far as the kennedys not having any affiliation -- i looked at "national geographic" and they said the kennedys were affiliated with -- [indiscernible] would you elaborate on that for me, please? and thanks a lot for putting together what you put together. because what you're showing is a group together can do things. guest: that's exactly what is what it is. and that is always the great lesson of a democracy. i would refer you to the book "the last call: the rise and fall of prohibition." dan was a consultant to our film. we worked in parallel tracks. we benefited from his research. i hope he benefited to some extend from ours. he appears in our film as an on-camera commentator. i think he goes in, in that book, in great detail about the kennedys. and i think that whether someone has contact with people in the world, it's been

narrator: history, as seen through the eyes of ken burns, is more than just a collection of stories about what's happened in the past. it's a chance for us all to reflect on how to build a stronger tomorrow. we share in his vision, and we're proud to support his efforts. dad wasn't the smartest man in the world, but he wasn't the dumbest one either. [the mills brothers' "fiddlin' joe" playing] just soon as he got into the bootlegging business, the first thing he bought was a brand-new cadillac, a great big cadillac touring car. boy, that was fancy thinking

narrator: history, as seen through the eyes of ken burns, is more than just a collection of stories aboutt's happened in the past. it's a chance for us all to reflect on how to build a stronger tomorrow. we share in his vision, and we're proud to support his efforts. announcer: this film contains scenes of graphic violence. viewer discretion is advised. man: the history of the united states can be told in 11 words-- columbus, washington, lincoln, volstead,

this is a documentary from ken burns. >> it is rumored all over france that the statue was modeled after the face of his mother and the body of his mistress. >> reporter: but people think the eyes looking out at us are those of isabella singer, the widow of the inventor of the singer sewing machine. she was independent, very glamorous around paris, at the time he was looking for his mousse. so, what do you think? is this the face? that woman who was an oob jekt of fascination in paris? oar is this the face? the sculptor's mother? or, is it both? the face of something nurturing that is also a dream. let us know if you have any other clues. >>> and still ahead on "world news," centuries of history turned on its head today. this one is for every girl who wants to be the queen. >>> and a young football player beating the olds, inspiring his teammates. this is her morning begins with arthritis pain. that's a coffee and two pills. the afternoon tour begins with more pain and more pills. the evening guests arrive. back to sore knees. back to more pills. the day is done but hang on... her doctor

ken burns. [applause] >> my goodness, what a generous and kind introduction. i thought the press was supposed to be balanced and agnostic on this. you have jumped right into a speak easy night. in that spirit, let's raise their glasses and toast to unintended consequences. [laughter] i would be remiss if i did not thank the very, very important people that bring me, compel me to this table and to this podium. that includes our corporate underwriter bank of america who has been with us for five years and has been among the most enlightened underwriters we have ever had in more than 30 years of making films on public television. we also enjoy the support of the arthur davis foundation, the park foundation, and a new group that we started called the better angels society. more on that later. it attracts new donors to public broadcasting. we also have long-term support in this film from the national endowment for the humanities. they were instrumental in us being able to finish our fell on the brooklyn bridge back in the late 1970's and were instrumental in making

then live at 1:00 p.m., ken burns talks about his new documentary series on prohibition. and live at 2:00 p.m., the u.s. house begins its day with general speeches. today, the current state of the relationship between the u.s. and israel. participants include former vice president cheney chief of staff, lewis libby, former deputy n.s.a. advisor, and the israeli ambassador. it's hosted by the hudson institute and the foundation for defense of democracies, live today at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2. >> for the first time americans will have access to connectivity even if there are natural zagsers and other things -- natural disasters and other things happening. >> the head of lightsquared on his company's efforts to build a high-speed, wireless network amid reports that the network might interfere with consumer and military global positioning equipment. "the communicators," tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. this morning, david savage discusses the upcoming supreme court term, which opens today. then thomas evans, president and c.e.o. of bank rate, talks about the impact o

you told me a story about ken burns. i wonder if you could start with that. >> we have all seen the wonderful documentary's that ken burns does on pbs. after the conclusion of the one on jag, i had a conversation with the filmmaker. it was really a moving conversation for me because what he said was that he had grown up -- he and i are roughly the same age. he had grown up during the civil rights era of. -- era. i believe he lost his mother at that time when he was about 12 years old. so this was a very emotional time in his life and a time that had stuck in his memory. when he came up with the trilogy, the first was the civil war, the second was baseball, and the third was jazz. for him, each of those were metaphors about race in america. i found that very moving. if you think about it, it makes sense. but then again, it does not. my question to him was well is there and metaphor for race? is there a way for us to think about and talk about race that is not so male-dominated? if you think about the civil war, jazz, or m

it's not like ken burns style slow moving old pictures, actual video footage of it going down.gh helped me collect a lot of the old footage. we had three amazing editors and we basically went down the rob it hole with all this footage for three years. it's amazing what actually exists. a moment in the film eddie vedder finds his voice, goes from a shy guy from seattle, to a guy that's ready to claim the stage. that's on film. >> jimmy: you see it happen. when there's security, a scuffle and see the anger and focus come out of eddie vedder's face and that's insane. >> all the anger and passion and rage comes out of him, a spectacular moment. >> jimmy: oh, my gosh. we have a never before seen clip here. you will freak out. there's always rumors about kurt cobain and eddie vedder not getting along and don't like each other. is that true? >> this is a piece of film that was the holy grail and we weren't sure it existed. they had a controversy and trumped up in the press quite a bit. we stand over here in the parking lot and you stand over there. really, i think the musicians all kn

it is literally called the ken burn effect. our guest today is the creator. he is the automaker best known for leveraging american history. the baltimore sun rudbeckias not only the greatest documentarian of the day, but the most influential film maker. that includes the likes of george lucas and steven spielberg. our guest today joined us in part to launch his latest series, which began airing last night on pbs. i hope that many of you had the opportunity to see it. this three part series examines the rise and fall of the 18th amendment to the u.s. constitution. the series entitled "prohibition." with the release of this series, this veteran filmmaker is taking the opportunity to call for a new national discourse on stability and democracy. that is relevant as prohibition errors in the midst of this heated presidential campaign season. with a prolific record of film, in addition, and documentary work, his films have won 12 emmy awards and two academy award nominations. among his numerous accolades, our guest is the recipient of the academy of television arts

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. >> reporter: producers ken burns and lynn novek collaborated on documentaries about jazz and baseball, airing tonight on pbs, they take on prohibition. >> it was clear that millions of americans had now come to support prohibition for all sorts of reasons. >> reporter: prohibition they billed, they point out, as a one size fits all cure for the ills of american society. >> prohibition was sold not just to solve the problem with alcoholism. it would solve poverty, labor, prostitution, crime, it would get rid of slums. >> reporter: with so many problems to address it's not surprising that the dry coalition was dizzyingly diverse. suffergets who originally wanted the vote so they could outlaw deem onliquor. small town protestants threatened by the wave of catholic immigrants and their city saloons. the ku klux klan exploited the pernicious stereotype of the dangerous black man with a bottle. even broadway producers who wanted patrons out of bars and in their theaters. this is sort of the epitome of strange bedfellows. >> you can imagine a very large... some guy wearing a kkk uniform, som

monday, ken burns talks about his new documentary, "prohibition."e is expected to discuss lessons learned from the 18th amendment and how they apply today. live from the national press club starting at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. what is important to you? that is our question period and make a video and tell us the part of a constitution that is important to you and why. be sure to include more than one point of view. there is $50,000 in total prices and a grand prize of $5,000. for the details, go to studentcam.org. >> oral argument is the first time the judges talk about a case to gather, so when justice scalia asked a question, i can figure out what is bothering them about a case and where they are leaning. >> the new supreme court term begins the first monday of october. each year a year over 70 cases. this includes gps tracking without a warrant, profanity on television, and copyright legislation. watch them on line on the c-span video archives. it is washington, your way. >> republican presidential candidate new its egret was in the moines, i

filmmaker ken burns will discuss his latest film project on prohibition. a professor joins us to discuss pakistan and global terrorism. the house will continue work on a short-term spending measure to keep the government open through november 18, 2012. legislative work begins at noon. you can see live house coverage here on c-span. >> which part of the u.s. constitution is important to you? that is the question in this competition.tcam make a video and tell us which part of the constitution is important to you, and why. be sure to include more than one point of view. entries are due by january 2012. for all the details, go to studentcam.org. >> a congressional report dirt of bloomberg government -- what is expected when the bill comes up in the house on tuesday? guest: as you mentioned, the spending bill that would fund the government through nov. is up for a vote on the house tomorrow. all indications are that it would pass. it is expected to get widespread democratic support, unlike an earlier version of the republican-controlled house passed with predom

our live programming today begins at 1:00 eastern with a speech by documentarian ken burns. he is at the national press club this afternoon talking about his latest project, the pbs series called," prohibition." you can watch that live at 1:00 p.m. eastern right here on c- span. with congress back in session this week, the house will consider spending bill that will keep the federal government open for another six weeks, for mid november and the senate is proposing a bill dealing with the chinese currency. watch our live coverage of the house on c-span and the senate on c-span 2 and use our comprehensive resource on congress to get more information about your elected officials with the cspan congressional chronicle and video of each session. it is washington your way. this cspan networks were greeted by cable and provided as a public service. >> for the first time, americans will have access to connectivity even if there are natural disasters and other things happening through our satellite network that of the head of light squared on his company's efforts to build a $40 bil

you told me a story about ken burns.onder if you could start with that. >> we have all seen the wonderful documentary's that ken burns does on pbs. after the conclusion of the one on jag, i had a conversation with the filmmaker. was really a moving conversation for me because what he said was that he had grown up -- he and i are roughly the same age. he had grown up during the civil rights era of. -- era. i believe he lost his mother at that time when he was about 12 years old. so this was a very emotional time in his life and a time that had stuck in his memory. when he came up with the trilogy, the first was the civil war, the second was baseball, and the third was jazz. for him, each of those were metaphors about race in america. i found that very moving. if you think about it, it makes sense. but then again, it does not. my question to him was well is there and metaphor for race? is there a way for us to think about and talk about race that is not so male-dominated? if you think about the civil war, jazz, or music, m

captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> tonight on c-span3, documentary filmmaker ken burns on his new pbs documentary on prohibition. >> the reason prohibition was initially passed is because that brought -- a broad array of people sincerely thought we could take this big problem off the table. this big problem was supper by perhaps 10% of our population. we may be unfortunate decision to apply the solution to 100% of the people. it did not work, but it does not leave us free of the moral obligation to try to improve society. >> see his remarks tonight at 7:00 eastern on c-span3. >> for the first time, americans will have access to connectivity, even if there are natural disasters and other things happening through a satellite network. >> the head of lightsquared on the communicators, tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> with congress back in session this week, the house will consider a spending bill that would keep the federal government opened for mid november, and the senate is proposing a bill dealing with china's currency. watch your live coverage on c- span and the

satellite corp. 2011] >> we began our live programming at 1:00 eastern with a speech by documentarian ken burnss at the national press club. discussing his latest project, a pbs series called "prohibition." he is also expected to talk about how prohibition became a social experiment for legislating social behavior and how it relates to today's political discourse. you can watch that today at 1:00 eastern. eastern. we will also

caller: really enjoyed your interview with ken burns' last week.i was in college, i did substitute teaching at the elementary level and noticed the overall physical condition of these kids. i think it reasonable to attribute their condition in part to their diet and lack of physical activity. why are there soft drinks in the schools? why are there at these high- sugared snacks available when they do not contribute to a healthy lifestyle? you just commented on the caloric anlimits. how can you control the caloric intake onto drinks purchased by the students even though they get a free meal? sometimes they bring money to school and load up on this? . thank you for being on the show. guest: thank you for your questions. part of the emphasis of both in the dietary guidelines for all americans as well as for schools is to exercise. calories and in come calories out. you really need to burn them off. hence the new school proposed mill standards reflect, again, the age group. there have been minimum calories for students in k-12 whereas now it will be mor

. >> on our companion network c-span, we are taking a live look at ken burns documentary filmmaker.nal press club about his latest documentary on prohibition. will also have him on tomorrow morning on "washington journal." he will be our guest tomorrow morning and you can tune in to "washington journal" starting line at 7 a.m. every day of the week here on a companion network c-span. >> for the first time americans will have access to connectivity and even if there are natural disasters and other things happening through our satellite network. >> the head of life square, on his campus efforts to build a $14 billion a speed wireless network amid reports that the network might interfere with consumer and military global positioning equipment. "the communicators" tonight at eight eastern on c-span2. >> before the presidential election of 1916, charles evans hughes which a lawyer and professor, a two-term governor of new york. and although he lost his bid for the presidency his impact on political history remained serving as the postwar secretary of state and ultimately chief justice of

will be sunny but we have pockets of very thick fog once that burn off and it will be sunny for everybody. upper theirs lima valley. i know ken wood is at 41. mill valley 42. palo alto 44. 40s and 50s in the santa cruz mountains. brentwood and yountville are 62. the difference between napa and the napa airport as much as 15 degrees. it depends. if you get that breeze like fairfield, 59, the yet santa rosa 39. it's 49 in san francisco. that is the coolest low temperature since june 1. the coolest low in the city since june 1 thanks to our observer michael in the city who is spot on. >> 45 in livermore. concord 54. santa rosa, sfo and is santa fe all calm. higher elevations fire danger goes up because we get that north wind. even though we don't get really warm temperatures. but thick fog and then windy in the hills. really only 60s and 70s. sometimes in that pattern we could get very, very warm. that's not the case here. fog, sun, breezy to windy a mainly higher elevations, that will relax tonight. honestly, stratus quo as we like to say. 60s by the coast. 70s inland. looks really quiet for a while. >>> hurricane rina continue

brent burns with the snapshot, takes several bounces before squeezing past the goal tender. in the third, another former shack, ken skins, the blazing wrist shot. game now tied at two. less than 5:00 later, the blues with the three-on-to, a nice give and go pass. adding an empty netter and the sharks lose. 4-2. >> a question of being a little too fancy, myself included, and it's a good team, they feed off turnovers, and we made a couple of those. some bad times mismanaged the dpaimedz. >> lou about the texas rangers. lost to the giants last year. are hoping a second trip to the series will be their turn as they advance over the tigers in arlington, nowitzki hoping for another texas championship. the rayners opened the game with a nine-one third inning leadly michael young. doubles down the left field line. el elvis an drugs and josh hamilton score. young homered in the seventh and that was plenty. tax advances with a 15-5 victory. cruz hit his sixth home run of the series and was named mvp. >> that was your toyota sports report. later in the newscast, a trip around the nation in college football, and we hit the as

brent burns, several bounce before going past the goaltender brian elliott. his first as a shark. led 2-1. but kenusband skin, the wrist shot. first of the year game tied at 2. less than five minutes later, blues with the three on two. nice give-and-go pass. the sharks have lost two in a row. 4-2, the final. >> i think it was just a question of i think we were being a little too fancy, myself included. like i said, st. louis is a good team. they feed off turnovers. we made a couple of those at this bad times. we mismanaged the game. >> all right. the texas rangers lost to the giants in last year's world series. they are hoping a second trip to the series will be their turn as they advance with a win over the tigers last night in arlington. dirk novities ski hoping for another championship. texas opens with 9-run third inning. michael young doubles, elvis andrus and hamlett scores. and another double. this time the opposite way. two more score. he had five rbi. 4 in this inning. he homered in the 7. nine run inning for texas. they a advance to the world series. nelson cruz hit his 6th home run of t

brent burns, several bounce before going past the goaltender brian elliott. his first as a shark. led 2-1. in the third, another former shark, ken huskin, the wrist shot. first of the year game tied at 2. less than five minutes later, blues with the three on two. nice give-and-go pass. finishes it off. add an empty netter and the sharks have lost two in a row. 4-2, the final. >> i think it was just a question of i think we were being a little too fancy, myself included. like i said, st. louis is a good team. they feed off turnovers. we made a couple of those at some bad times. we mismanaged the game. >> all right. the texas rangers lost to the giants in last year's world series. they are hoping a second trip to the series will be their turn as they advance with a win over the tigers last night in arlington. dirk novitzki hoping for another texas championship. texas opens with 9-run third inning. led by michael young, who doubles down the left-field line. elvis andrus and hamilton scores. and another double. this time the opposite way. two more score. he had five rbi. 4 in this inning. he homered in the 7. nine run inning for tex

burn again? the fire chief says absolutely it will. only maybe next time it won't be as bad as it was 20 years ago. >> we sure hope not. ken, i'm just thinking what the fire chief said about half the people living there were there and experienced the fire. from the folks you talked to, just wondering, you know, where did they get to the point where they can get a good night's sleep and worry about it not happening again? >> that was one of the questions i asked the home owner there. he told me he doesn't worry about it anymore. the year after the fire every time there was a smoke plume or something, he said, he would jump in his car and go take a look. and he says the fire response here is a lot faster now. oakland fire department has built a fire station in the hills to handle anything that does come up. and people here are aware but you can't live your life scared. and i tell you what you're up here 10 minutes and you look at the view, unbelievable. you know why they're up here. >> it's gorgeous. exactly. ken bastida, thank you. >>> roberta is here for a check of your forecast. now, roberta you're saying that that weathe

ken burns talks about his new documentary, a prohibition.tarting at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> which part of the u.s. constitution is important to you? that is the question posed to our new student kim competition -- for the first time, student cam competition. for all the details, go to studentacam.org. >> this week on the "q&a" author kerry nelson talks about his new book. he is also the president of the american association of university professors. >> professor kary nelson, what is the association of university professors? >> it is very distinguished. our organization was established and we are coming up on our 100th anniversary. it is a big thing for us. we established it as an organization to articulate principles for the authority and monitor concept of universities around the country. we are the organization that defines tenure in the united states. we are the organization decades later that wrote the students' rights in the united states. we represent all added of disciplines. it is a very serious enterprise. it is an possible