there's a wonderful story in this project about what your husband roger ebert did for martin scorseseyou have to see it. it's a wonderful project. scorsese -- in fact, most people in this business have up and down periods, and in his down periods, these are scorsese words, i'm paraphrasing, if his down period roger ebert was involved in a project that really focused a whole new light on scorsese's project, his work writ large, and scorsese gives roger ebert a lot of credit in helping to give him the bounce back he needed in his own career, and that's -- those are big words coming from a guy like martin scorsese. for more of my conversation with chaz, here is the website at pbs.org/tavis smiley. chaz, good to have you on the program. all the best on the project. i know we'll learn a lot about the life and legacy of roger ebert. i had it just in case. i wasn't fwog try to barbara walters you. that's our show tonight. ♪ >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. >> hi, i'm tavis smiley. coming up a conversation first about china's expanding quest for natural

can you imagine martin scorsese letting you visit the set for 500 bucks? that is awesome. that is not scorsese begging you for money, that is him giving you the opportunity to be harder some anger you love to do. i think a lot of the cynical respective's seem to think that audiences are sheep. but i think audiences are smart. these are things they would always have liked to have, but the entertainment industrial complex to not allow. it was about moving a singular product. a movie is 120 minutes of a moving image on the screen. i think it is shifting that. we see exactly the opposite. this is bringing tons of new audiences to kickstarter, tons of new creators supporting the project. if the platform grows it is benefiting everyone involved. >> was the most amount of money so far the people have raised a kickstarter? if i'm sitting in the honest right now and i have a brilliant idea, what is the chance that i'm going to succeed? >> it is 100% for all of you fine, beautiful people. to date, it is a billion dollars that have moved to the system. it is about $1.5 million a day

the entire thing was shot in one take and it was a martin scorsese feel. i agree though.he nice thing was at least for the first half of the video the people were pretty fit. you usually don't see that when you see naked things. i disagree with you, greg, you liked the fact that later on the people were, shall we say less fit? you say they were -- you liked them because they were being honest about the body. don't be honest about the body. only show attractive nude people. that's rule number one. >> andy, it is a pipe dream for andy. good looking people know they are a commodity. if you are a commodity why give your beauty for free. >> only in obama's america. some people in the world cannot afford clothes. we are so ready and willing to take it all off. that is a slap in their face. >> it is a slap in their face. the whole country is full of naked people. >> we are not even get nooght -- getting into the jigly bits. >> you know what i have learned, and joe you have been around a lot. you work out you a lot and i notice you look great. i am imagining lots of things. >> yo

also sing martin scorsese is involved in some capacity. they're still in discussions. but jamie foxx is rep has not commented. >> is he going to get the tattoo? in the latest blow of the ongoing drama with or linda bloom justin bieber posted a picture orlando bloom and crying. the is no caption leaving it up to fans to interpret. reports say it to the two got into a fight in spain. bad blood since they both have been seen out with each other's backs girlfriends. >> to get new ones and move on. >> i can't wait to find out what happens next. restore enough cool but quiet. 62 at o'hare. 59 in bartlett pears 54 at aurora. 82 degrees today around average. a spotty showers today their chance of a scattered thunderstorms tomorrow. a fairly dry weekend. most of the day will be cloudy. 81 for the high on sunday. the warmest day of the next seven is next tuesday. >> coming up to 5:00, workers' strike demanding higher wages at a fast-food restaurant. >> and how your facial expressions can drastically determine how someone perceives you. that's coming up next. could scare the mous

to the martin scorsese flick of the departed. >> who are you? says i am the guy doing my job. you must be the other guy. sometimes i feel like saying to these guys i'm the guy doing my job, you must be the other guy. melissa: as the immigration fight in d.c. battles on, though wave of illegal immigrants continues to flood into our southern border states. will carr is live with the latest. >> we confirm what border patrol stopped flights coming from texas to california with emigrants. they say they have done that because the backlog has eased in texas and has nothing to do with the protests we have seen over the last weekend have, protests that put the city in the national spotlight. we have seen protesters get out into the street, physically stop buses that had immigrants, they turned around and left this community and there is one example of problems going on across the country. facilities are filled with children and families from central america. yesterday the administration said it is costing taxpayers up to $1,000 per bed. federal authoriti

you have william cullen bryant, one of the leading publishers of the day -- think martin scorsese, because publishers had that kind of power in those days, and he was a tremendous supporter in the 1850's of a park for new york. so he is one of the fathers of central park. and the whole point was, come to the blush, cross 59th street, and this is what you will find. ,hen you go through the ravine it really is like a piece of the adirondacks in new york city. another piece of this rustic english park is the chinese garden. we were used to gardens in the west that were french. they were very formal like their -- like versailles, like the luxembourg gardens in paris. in 18th century, a new idea of park design became popular in england. it was meant to be rustic. there were several different sources. i am not saying this is the only one, but one source was the discovery of the chinese garden. by the way, this is staten island. you are not in the middle of china. some people feel going to staten island is like going to china, but it is not. you could take the ferry and a short bus ride. this was

it was the subject of the martin scorsese film laster, "wolf of wall street."p a fake hedge they attracted executives from over a dozen companies ready and willing to participate in a kick that scheme. federalus is former prosecutor doug burns. this sounds like it was an that the fbi scale launched the investigation. >> it was. they set up an entity in boston, office, business cards, etc. theway this came to work -- way the scheme worked was interesting. they had middlemen who would find companies strapped for cash. they would find an executive. whatever amount of money involved that the fake program was going to invest, there would kickback a 50%-- to the company. they have charged 22 and convicted 18. >> are you surprised this is still going on? particularly with all the trading?on insider just all the scrutiny the ftc and fbi is placing on traders? >> it is a good question. while theo remember insider trading track record has been impressive and they have lots of convictions, people like me have said insider trading is not the only crime on wall street and n

can you imagine martin scorsese letting you visit the set for 500 bucks? that is awesome.that is not scorsese begging you for money, that is him giving you the opportunity to be harder some anger you love to do. i think a lot of the cynical respective's seem to think that audiences are sheep. but i think audiences are smart. these are things they would always have liked to have, but the entertainment industrial complex to not allow. it was about moving a singular product. a movie is 120 minutes of a moving image on the screen. i think it is shifting that. see exactly the opposite. this is bringing tons of new audiences to kickstart her, tons of new creators supporting the project. the platform grows it is benefiting everyone involved. >> was the most amount of money so far the people have raised a kickstart her? sitting in the honest right now and i have a brilliant idea, what is the chance that i'm going to succeed? >> it is 100% for all of you fine, beautiful people. date, it is a billion dollars that have moved to the system. days about $1.5 million a that gets pledged

can you imagine martin scorsese letting you visit the set for 500 bucks? that is awesome.that is not scorsese begging you for money, that is him giving you the opportunity to be harder some anger you love to do. i think a lot of the cynical perspectives seem to think that audiences are sheep. but i think audiences are smart. these are things they would always have liked to have, but the entertainment industrial complex to not allow. it was about moving a singular product. a movie is 120 minutes of a moving image on the screen. i think it is shifting that. we see exactly the opposite. this is bringing tons of new audiences to kickstart her, tons of new creators supporting the project. if the platform grows it is benefiting everyone involved. >> was the most amount of money so far the people have raised a kickstarter? if i'm sitting in the honest right now and i have a brilliant idea, what is the chance that i'm going to succeed? >> it is 100% for all of you fine, beautiful people. to date, it is a billion dollars that have moved to the system. it is about $1.5 million a day