it reminds me, tell me something good. what i am is a student of expression. i am looking for people to say something in a fantastic way. and everybody does in the course of an hour. what i have here is 20 gray, expressive people. they teach me something when i get in there and see what they do. >> you are not just recount in your conversations, you are in character. whether it is lance armstrong, whose characters are people that we actually know. what is the process for actually getting into the character? you are studying them not just for voice and content, but other stuff as well. >> my acting technique comes from a man, a black man that only had an a grade education, my grandfather. he said to me, if you say a word often enough, it becomes you. it is all part of a big project that i started a long time ago. this play is about the eighteenth or something in that series. i have been trying to absorber america but putting down my tape recorder and talking to people, taking what they said and saying it over and over again. i am walking in somebody's words. th

when i did "precious", she reminded me of so many girls. i just did an action directed by brett ratner, i played a maid. i like taking a character i've seen in real life and wearing that suit. and pulling people into thinking that is who i am. with "precious", so many think i am her. it makes me laugh. it really does. ha, i will do. you think i am that i am this. confusionu find that conclusi laughable instead of being offended. >> is a tribute to the talent i did not know i had. yeah, i fool a lot of people and i would get it all the time and people still that might have never seen me on a talk show or anything, expect my voice to sound like her. expect me to be a little dumb. and not so happy and they do not expect me to smile so when i do smile, there is that and it is funny to see their reaction and it changes their minds and lets them realize i am an actress and people are more than one dimensional. tavis: you said something that got my attention. i will ask you to unpack it. there is this notion that many of us have talent we are not

or leisure suit as much of the world calls them so the first headline though reminds me of these times square is hustlers congressman pulls support for libya rebels u.s. congressman dana rohrbacher a strong supporter of the libyans people's uprising and now with his withdrawal of support for them because the revolutionaries were not agreeing to repay us for the expenses and helping them attain freedom like i said he's a hustler right he's like one of these con men that throw a ring a gold ring in front of you walking through the streets of paris and they say here i found this wonderful ring here have it you take it and oh by the way they and their thugs chase you down and try to shake you down for some money for it he says the united states right now is going broke we are spending one and a half trillion dollars every year for the last three years more than what we are taking in this means that we are on the edge of a major economic crisis now and it's not right for us to borrow money from china or anywhere to give it to the people of libya to help them when they want freedom but this

because he just reminded me that i forgot eric mar. newsom had to remind me. [applause] thank you. the board of supervisors adopted a set of rules to determine how you fill a vacancy when it occurs during the time of a sitting mayor. and those rules require that the presiding judge of the superior court in this county administer the oath of office. we are fortunate to have the presence of the presiding judge and she is katherine feinstein. where are you? would you please join us to do the duty of swearing ed lee in. mr. lee. >> if you would be kind enough to please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i edwin m. lee. >> i edwin m. lee. >> do solemnly swear -- >> do sol manyly swear -- solemnly swear -- >> that i will support and defend -- >> that i will support and defend -- >> the constitution of the united states -- >> the constitution of the united states >> and the constitution of the state of california -- >> and the constitution of the state of california >> against allen miss foreign and domestic -- against all enemies foreign and domestic -- >> against allen miss and

selig, thank you for reminding me. "blue bloods on cbs. tom selleck tonight on pbs. that is our show for tonight. until next time, keep the faith. >> may i explain later, please? >> i was attacked by a two yo- yos. >> what a minute, higgins. i am telling you i have been attacked and it may be killed and you are worried about the paint? would you get out of my way? out of my way, before i run you down and enjoy it. >> for more information on k.d. lang. >> 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 er ot, at a time. ne conversation at a time. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more. thank you. >> be more.

. >> this reminds me of what i experienced in chicago. i lived across from a german bar, and i love the hollering. just by sitting in my apartment, i was able to know when there was a home run or a score. it was great. and now, a live across from a theater, and it reminds me help quiet of the neighborhood is, a in a really wish the theater would put in an open window, and that which i consider the lecture series, and that would be a good thing . i think rowdies' boards bars are a thing . -- icing browbeat sports bars are a good thing. -- i think rowdy sports bars are a good thing. >> the brickyard is frequented by many people, and i serve on the board of directors of a group, .and many of our constituents in the brickyard is a great place to be. it is frequented by people are professional and to have a good time. people are not out of control, and i think that speaks to the great management. i fully support the patio. i think it would be great to the economic vitality. >> i think i am last, so my name is jason. i have lived in san francis

it's a nice statement -- no, no, i didn't mean to belittle him but it reminded me i should take a look at this and it's a nice statement but the one thing that's kind of interesting is that it ends by saying that after providing cost-effective health care and being compassionate and respectful, having compassionate and respectful environment, those are supported and stimulated by education and research. for me it would have been much more a better statement if it had said it had been supported by the community that it serves and think a number of us are having some issues as well as some of the testimony that was given. charitable care. i don't think we should go around and compare cmpc to st. fran francis and others and those are nice statistics to look at and have comparative things but as commissioner antonini pointed out some other hospitals are different animals and maybe are apples and oranges. but from that standpoint the city needs to drive what the level of care should be and not rely on other examples, stamford or marin or whoever else. and that's where i think we're lacking

around the world let's get all the updates from steve so you heard max actually you know that story reminds me of the seventy's when inflation was raging and money was tight and oil in particular was out of control in price but the seventy's also reminds me of times square when you had a lot of hustlers there shaking you down but i still had my leisure suit. or leisure suit as much of the world calls them so the first headline oh you mind me of these time squares hustlers congressman pulls support for libya rebels u.s. congressman dana rohrbacher a strong supporter of the libyans people's uprising and now with his withdrawal of support for them because the revolutionaries were not agreeing to repay us for the expenses and helping them attain freedom like i said he's a hustler right he's like one of these con men that throw a ring a gold ring in front of you walking through the streets of paris and they say here i found this wonderful ring here have it you take it and oh by the way they and their thugs chase you down and try to shake you down for some money for it he says the united states righ

sunshine, warm breezes it just reminded me how much i don't trust summer. (laughter) why is it being so nice. what's it up to. besides, summer has a well-known liberal bias. it gets hot out so everybody starts believing in global warming. and our moles go to hell. the young people use the heat to strut around in revealing summer clothes. i mean sear sucker, leave something to the imagination. worst of all, folksing summer means half naked patchouli soaked quite guy dread lock festivals like lal palooza, bonnaroo, coachella, salmonella. there are never enough port a potties at salmonellafest. well, all this week i'm fighting back at my own summer concert veers. now obviously this is the first time we've done this on the show. so i need to get the kind of street cred the established concerts have. i had cans won't show up unless it's gritty, unless it's real, unless it has authenticity. and there's only one way to get that. korpt sponsorship. whooo! (applause) wake up the cross platform market penetration. look at the sick line-up at bonnaroo this year. state

you know what it remind me of. they did public lynchings and beheading, something in us likes our train wreck. why we rubber neck at a car accident. >> the media is the calling card that let's people know where the show is playing. we have this urge inside all of us. we're not far away from being hunters and gatherers. a little bit of violence lives in all of us. it's played out in our games and movies and safeways. like holly said this is going to watch a public hanging from the middle ages. there is this lurid attraction to fining out. the trial here i don't think is about whether she did it or not, it's about whether she's going get the death penalty or life. >> leonard, dew point to jump in? >> i agree the impulse exists in us as human beings. media exploits it and feeds upon it, frankly for commercial gain and that becomes the thing that self perpetuates and, you know, makes itself worse all the time. this is the bottom. >> listen, i want to get our viewers in here real quick. let's see. this one is for tim. d

and he said, she reminds me -- she's -- she's -- i don't remember what did he say?ng like, she reminds me sometimes a little of the way certain things i like. he loved the gold and the frames. >> we took him to the studio. >> we took him in the studio. and he got to see everything. >> he was an extraordinary talent, wasn't he? and he god parent of one of his children. how did you feel? >> i was honored. >> latoya will tell you the story. when we were younger, we all would say that whoever has the first girl is going to name her paris. and i have the first girl. so, i got to do it first. and then when he hood-h his daughter -- >> have you seen the children much since he died? >> i saw them a couple weeks ago. i went out and had dinner and i can't believe how big they are. we went over there about three weeks ago. >> have they been well looked after? >> oh, are you kidding? >> by michael's mom. >> they're at a new house and mrs. jackson is there. they have an incredible, beautiful home, great security. and we had a big family dinner. they went up and did their homewor

which reminds me: write hit song. [laughter] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ grey goose.t tasting vodka. >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. thank you. [cheers and applause] nation, tonight, president obama revealed his plans for afghanistan, and i tivo'd it, so don't tell me how the war ends. [laughter] with osama bin laden continuing his crowd-pleasing death, many in congress are pressuring the president to end the war. unfortunately, we can't just dump afghanistan in the ocean. [laughter] but there is a quick way out of this war, and it's the subject of tonight's word: the defining moment. [cheers and applause] congress isn't angry about just afghanistan, they're also upset about libya. >> there is growing bipartisan frustration in washington this morning over the president's handling of military action in libya and his decision not to seek authorization from congress under the war powers resolution. you have many members of congress, we're talking republicans, we're talking speaker john boehner, but also talking a lot of liberal democrats, telling president obama tha

i needed his prodding and expertise to remind me. it seems like such an -- of course. nnot believe i had that have someone else tell me. tavis: i can hear all of los angeles picking up a pen and paper. they are all stock. screenplays are being completed as we speak. what did you make of the success? i am fascinated to understand how people who get to be successful so quickly. there is no such thing as overnight success. but that album took off. how do you process the overwhelming success of that project so were leon? >> i did feel a little blindsided by a. -- by it. i think i was shellshocked by a lot of the experience that was coming. it has always been an uphill battle. it was not easy to get the record release. it was not easy to get the song on the radio. it has been this organic unfolding of wear my career is at now. i attribute my grounding to the people around me. we felt like we were in this together. i know how lucky i am. i worked my butt off but i also got lucky. i met the manager that change the course of my life. i got hooked up wet wood -- with the right l

[laughter] which reminds me, i've got to return that spray paint to my other neighbor. course, the people who counted on the anguish of armageddon feel a little cheated. jim? >> fitzpatrick, a 60-year-old retiree had put his money where his faith is spending $140,000, almost everything he has, on hundreds of billboards proclaiming the coming armageddon. >> i don't know why it didn't happen. >> i don't understand what happened. this is the year. all the calculations indicate this is the year. >> stephen: how could the calculations be wrong? camping used the most precise method available taking numbers at random from a 400-year-old english translation of a group of tangentially related ancient middle-eastern texts transcribed from greek, hebrew and aramaic oral histories! it's how i do my taxes. [laughter] [cheers and applause] back at you, mister. back at you. and camping himself is taking it hard. >> i can tell you very candidly that when may 21 came and went, it was a very difficult time for me. >> stephen: yes, difficult. not the end of the world or anything but diffi

which reminds me, i almost forgot, it's time to pull out my emmy advent calendar. here we go. [scatting] what's i going to be? oh, it's a chocolate emmy. oh, a beautiful... oh, oh, and a little envelope. and the winner is... okay. uh-huh. okay. and the winner is... "the daily show with jon stewart." [audience reacts] bull [bleeped] all right. jon's mouth couldn't be here tonight, so i accept this on his behalf. bitter. [laughter] anyway, folks... [laughter] that candy was put in there a long time ago. [laughter] folks, you know the emmy is the only reason i do this show. you think i appear on magazine cover, collaborate with my musical heroes and hobnob with billionaires and presidents because i like it? no. i keep pulling 70-hour work weeks and forgetting the names of my children in hopes that one day i high win the hand of the golden siren of prime time achievement. you can tell the emmy season is ramping up because the networks have within sending voters screener d.v.d.s of all the eligible shows. okay. you see, emmy voters are busy. and very attractive. so during awards se

can you remind me when we get to venice and broadway? thanks. >> what we're talking about here is full participation and inclusion. i want to be able to lead a full life. the only way that i'm able to get from place to place this by using a fully accessible public transit system like meany -- muni. >> the americans with disabilities act of 1990 is a wide-ranging federal civil- rights law that prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities. title two of the ada addresses access to public services, including public transportation for persons with disabilities. it requires transit operators to call out stops at transfer points, major intersections, and major destinations, and to announce particular stocks requested by customers with disabilities. stop announcements are especially important for passengers who are blind or have low vision. these individuals cannot travel independently if they are not assured of getting off at

. >> the ocean air reminds me of him. it is a peaceful place. e of him and it put me in a happy place. >> let's get the latest now in the casey anthony trial. her mom took the stand yesterday and dropped a bombshell. today she was back with another day of emotional testimony. here's dennis murphy. >> do you know what that photograph is of, mrs. anthony? >> yes. >> cindy anthony, the mother of the accused, was back on the stand today as a defense witness. wiping tears as she looked at snap shots taken of her granddaughter caylee in the backyard swimming pool. >> it's a picture of caylee walking up the ladder. and i'm behind her, holding her. >> i would like to tell you what happened. happened. >>> the defense said weeks ago in its opening statement that caylee wasn't murdered by her mother casev rather, the child had died in an accidental drowning in the aboveground pool in this photo. this pool ladder was removable so caylee couldn't get into the water by herself. >> we took extra precaution every day to keep the ladder off the pool. >> but cindy

you know, something you said earlier reminded me of one of the interviews we did in a book with susanyou were talking a lot about the language of keeping things hidden and the language of deception. it seems like the public discourse is now the language of deception, and news media, whose job it would be to defog the room, are pretending that they can just not even referee but i don't know, mod rated wouldn't be the right word, narrate. it seems like the news media today just far -- narrates as opposed to anything else. >> they're narrating their impression. they're not reporting about the world. susan jacobi is one of the most interesting interviews about her because she's the author of a book about people who exercise independent judgment. they're the rebels and the protesters. and she talk about what you just said. in fact, i don't like to interview... i admire what politicians dork but i don't like to interview them because their language is designed to conceal. i like to interview people who want the reveal their thinking, and i think that's what works with you as well. people wa

. >> what i did was evil and words are not enough and every time i look in the mirror it reminds me of how evil i was. >> the garridos were arrested after he brought young daughters to the uc berkeley campus. they started to ask questions. >> in the end it worked out great but it took so long and she had to suffer so long for it to happen. >> the home in antioch is boarded up. neighbors still seem in shock. >> you never know who you are next door to. you got to get to know your neighbors. >> though jaycee dugard was not in court. she is coming out with a book called a stolen life. a tell all account of her ordeal. carolyn. >> car lin - care -- reporting. >> a michael is michelle le's kid brother . when they learned michelle was missing they couldn't believe it. no, there is no way. there has to be another explanation. but the reasonable explanation start to dry up. christine said michelle was a role model and her disappearance took a terrible toil on the family. >> we want to spend another holiday with her. >> last time anyone saw michelle le was friday night in hayward where the stude