mr. smiley -- host: as many of you know, mr. smiley hosts "the tavis smiley shelow." dr. you campaign for president obama at what, 60? guest: 65. we were hoping barack obama would initiate a new age. i am deeply disappointed, and i feel betrayed by his economic team especially appare. my question for anyone is what is your concern for the poor. right now, i am looking for the bernie sanders-like a candidate. host: so you will not be content -- campaigning for president obama? guest: right now, and the primary, i can not support him. if it is the election, and it is michele bachmann, and there is not a formidable third-party candidate, that is a different situation. we are not in bed right situation right now. at the moment, i am looking for a burning-sanders -- bernie sanders-like a candidate. host: marie, an independent. caller: good morning. i am excited to talk to both of you. i saw your program with robert kennedy jr.. what a story. you're talking about the prison industrial complex. i would like to add the private prison industrial complex. that is a prison in florid

mr. tavis smiley? tavis: i am happy to have you here. there was a rumor, may be some truth to it, all over the internet that bill moyers was thinking about coming back to pbs, un-retiring. >> like rumors of my death, which happen occasionally, this was exaggerated. we have been exploring some things to do, including specials, miniseries, potentially an interview show of the smaller mold than the one we did, but we have not decided anything yet. i am still enjoying the reflection and deliberation. we're working on a four part series and we're hoping to finish by the end of the year, the time between the civil war and the election of 1912 when corporate power became dominant in the american economy and workers and people in the south had to fight back to try to win their place and dignity. but there is no weekly series in the planning right now. tavis: to your point, i know and i thought of you when this happened many months ago, but that citizens united decision must rub you raw. >> i have long had this concern about how money is in polit

mr. smiley -- host: as many of you know, mr. smile hosts "the tavis smiley shelow." dr. west, you campaign for president obama at what, 60? guest: 65. we were hoping barack obama would initiate a new age. i am deeply disappointed, and i feel betrayed by his economic team especially appare. my question for anyone is wh is your ncern for the poor. right now, i am looking for the bernie sanders-like a candidate. host: so you will not be content -- campaigning for president obama? guest: right now, and the primary, i can not support him. if it is t election, a it is michele bachmann, and there is not a formidable third-party candidate, that is a different situation. we are not in bed right situatiorigh now. at the moment, i am looking for a burning-sanders -- bernie sanders-like a candidate. host: marie, an independent. caller: good morning. i am excited to talk to both of you. i saw your program with robert kennedy jr.. what a story. you're talking about the prison industrial complex. i would like to add the private prison industrial complex. that is a pron in florida, the