. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. nationwide insurance and tavis smiley. working to promote financial literacy and the power that comes with it. >> nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioned by the national captioning institut --www.ncicap.org-- [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: please welcome quentin tarantino back to the program. he should be in a good mood today. he has all th blue on today, i said, you cannot be blue today. >> not today. tavis: you are in a green mood. his latest film, "inglourious basterds" opened at number one. it s some guy named brad pitt. here is a ene. >> my name is lt. aldo rne and i need me eight soldiers. eight jewish-american sdiers. you may have heard about the armana happening soon. we will be leaving earlier. we are going to be put in france dressed as civilians. as a grilla army, we are going to do one thing. killin' nazis. sound good? >> yes sir. >> nice to see you. in the last few days, three things i nt to ask you. there

smiley. tonight, it looked at regina and political life, ted kennedy. i will be joined by two people who worked with him for many years, john lewis and veteran washington insider vernon jordan. we will also hear from historian douglas brinkley. we're glad you joined us. remembering ted kennedy, coming up right now. >> there are so many things that wal-mart is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better. but mostly, we're helping build stronger communities and relationships. with your help, the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports "tavis smiley." tavis and nationwide, working together to improve financial literacy and the economic empowerment that comes with it. >> ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: a couple of quick programming notes. due to the breaking news of senator kennedy's passing, our conversation with c.e.o. ron williams will air tomorrow night. and he is a critical voice an

i am sure he would be into tavis smiley. you did the tavis " -- "tavis smiley."avis: you will think about the fact that his father developed a love in him for our culture and music. here he is doing his own thing in the u.s. his name is corneille. the project is "the birth of cornelius." up next is a special performance from corneille. from his critically acclaimed new cd, corneille performing "liberation." enjoy. goodnight from l.a. and keep the faith. ♪ >> working my days and drinking my nights away i have a $1 million view overlooking my neighbors that you not faze me, no something really good is on the tivo today if that is all i need it is a sad, sad allusion of happy it is a sad, sad illusion of happy. living free, living free living free, oh, yeah i am drinking my days and crying my nights away i have about 1 million contacts in my iphone and no unread messages today that do not faze me, no because i have a thing with a .com girl for $1 a minute we can talk about love she says that we will get married someday it is a sad, sad allusion of happy -- illusion

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from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. tonight, four years after the devastation of hurricane katrina, we focus on the continuing recovery efforts in an orleans. at first, a conversation with douglas brinkley. his latest book, "the wilderness warrior," looks at teddy roosevelt. also tonight, a tribute to the people of new orleans from josh charles. it is simple as helping rebuild the city. -- his single effort is helping rebuild the city. we are glad that you joined us. it our book at new orleans four years after katrina coming out. -- our look at orleans four years after katrina coming up. >> there are so many things that wal-mart is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better. but mostly, we're helping build stronger communities and relationships. with your help, the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports "tavis smiley." tavis and nationwide, working together to improve financial literacy and the economic empowerment that comes with it. >> ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >> and by cont

i am tavis smiley. tonight, a conversation with smokey robinson as we continue to celebrate the 50th anniversary of motown, he is celebrating his own golden anniversary. one year after signing with motown, they became a success with his hit single "shop around " " he has his thoughts on the passing of michael jackson. we are glad you're joining us. smokey robinson right now. >> there is so many things that walmart is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better. we are looking forward to help build stronge communities and relationships. with your help, the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. working to improve financial literacy and the economic empowerment that comes with it. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. it >> i am always pleased, honored, a humble to have smokey robinson on this program. all of these years we have been featuring conversations with the great motown legends as we celebrate the 50th anni

from los angeles come i am tavis smiley. tonight, part 1 of iconic film maker francis ford coppola, the director of films like "the godfather: ab" and "apocalypse w ." he has a new film out called "tetro." >> nationwide insurance problem supports tavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insurance, working to improve financial literacy and the economic and power and that comes with it. >> ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >> and by contributions from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: we are honored to welcome francis ford coppola to this program, the iconic director and screenwriter responsible for so many fonda films over the course of history, including "the godfather" and "the godfather: part 2" and bram stoker's dracula. he are some scenes from his new movie, "tetro." >> why did you come here? >> everything that i love or i am interested in, i picked it up from you. >> how did you find these? >> it was an accident. >> an accident? >> how could you do this to me? >> they are great stories. they do not have an ending. >> they do n

i'm tavis smiley. tonight a conversation with one of washington's mostthe long ti attorney is a former president over the national urban league and the former executive director to have united negro college fund. his latest book is called "make it plain." we're glad you could join us. a conversation with vernon jordan coming up right now. >> there are so many things that wal-mart is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better but mostly we're looking forward to building stronger communities and relationships because with your help, the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insurance working to improve financial literacy and the economic empowerment that comes with it. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: all right. please, an honor to welcome vernon jordan to this program. we were just chatting. the i

i'm tavis smiley. tonight an exclusive conversation with median and talk show host jay leno. he kicks off a bold experiment when he debuts a new primetime variety show weeknights at 10:00 on nbc. in may he stepped down from "the tonight show." we're glad you can join us. jay leno coming up right now. >> there are so many things that wal-mart is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better but mostly we're looking forward to building stronger communities and relationships because with your help, the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insurance working to improve financial literacy and the economic empowerment that comes with it. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: please welcome jay leno to this program. the popular comedian hosted "the tonight show" for 17 years. he spent his entire tenure as the undisputed king of late night tv. on september 14, the day after my birthday

i'm tavis smiley. while americans debate the future of health care in this country, one man continues to put matters into his own hands. ston brock is the founder of a free mobile health care clinic known as remote area medical. initially designed to provide free care to third world countries, stan brock now concentrates on those in need here in the u.s. at a recent stop hearing in los angeles, thousands lined up for hours just for the chance to see a doctor. also tonight, former "gilmore girls" star alexis bledel is here. she stars in a new comedy about life after college called "post grad." the movie opened in theaters around the country earlier today. we're glad you've joined us. remote area medical founder stan brock and actress alexis bledel cupping up right now. >> there are so many things that wal-mart is looking forward to doing. like helping people live better. but mostly, we're looking forward to helping build stronger communities and relationships. because of your help, the best is yet to co

from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. first up tonight, my conversation with oscar-winning actor timothy hutton. he became a hollywood actress -- be honest actor in hollywood to win an oscar for his role in the "ordinary people." his tea and tea show, "leverage ," is now on the air. also, my conversation with artist maxwell. his latest cd is "black summer's night." timothy hutton and maxwell, coming up right now. >> there are so many things that wal-mart is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better. but mostly, we're helping build stronger communities and relationships. with your help, the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports "tavis smiley." tavis and nationwide, working together to improve financial literacy and the economic empowerment that comes with it. >> ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: pleased to welcome timothy hutton to this program. he ha

i've tavis smiley. tonight a conversation with the legendary founder of mow tone berry gordy he borrowed $800 from his family and started a small record label in detroit. that little record label would become one offfffffffffffffffff pieces in motown. the label has just released a 10-disc set that highlights motown's rare glad you've joined us for a about the u.s. auto industry and edie falco, coming up right now. >> there are so many things wal-mart is looking forward to helping us doing, like helping you live better. with your help the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insurance, working to improve financial lite to improve financial literacy. and by contributions by your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: i'm beyond pleased tonight. i'm on in order and humbled and whatever else i can be to welcome berry gordy to this program. 50 years ago this month he started a small

. >> nationwide insurance price supports tavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insurance, working to improve financial power and that comes with it. >> ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ and by contributions to pbs stations by viewers like you. thank you. tavis: he is a "the new york times" best selling author, david faber. he has his new book called "and then the roof caved in." i read the book and the title. what are you really try to say here? >> e.d.? and hearing it, i kind of laugh a little bit. we even hearing is, i kind of laugh a little bit. i think that is ultimately what i think is the case. tavis: before i get into it, let me start by asking the thoughts about the news media about the economy. i covered this stuff and not as much as you do or what you do on the money matters, but just being in this chair every day, i am watching what is happening. you get one spin from the white house, one economist saying one thing, another group saying another. i do not know if we are in recovery now. what do you make about how we should read these

i'm tavis smiley. first up tonight, a conversation with u.s. secretary of education, arne duncan. after a run as chief to have chicago public school system he is in charge of public education for the obama white house. goals include the push for more charter schools in the us. also tonight, the founder of the enter dependence day, benjamin barber. his gathering takes place in turkey next month and emphasizes the need for global cooperation on a wide range of issues. arne duncan and political theorist benjamin barber coming up right now. >> there are so many things that wal-mart is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better but mostly we're looking forward to helping build stronger communities and relationships because with your help, the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insurance working to improve financial literacy and the economic empowerment that comes with it. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kc

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i'm tavis smiley. first up tonight, a conversation with one of motown's most prolific songwriters and producers, lamont dozier. he was responsible for some of motown's biggest hits, including classic songs for artists like the supremes, the four tops and marvin gavement recently holland-dozier-holland reunited. also tonight, raphael saadiq. tonight he'll perform his grammy-nominated song glad you've joined us for a about the u.s. auto industry and edie falco, coming up right now. >> there are so many things wal-mart is looking forward to helping us doing, like helping you live better. with your help the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insurance, working to improve financial lite literacy and the economic empowerment that comes with it. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: pleased to welcome lamont dozier to this program, the legendary sing

tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time with u.s.cation of secretary arne duncan on president obama's education agenda. next time. see you then. >> there's so many things wal-l-rt is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better but mostly we're looking forward to help you build stronger communities and relationships. because of your help, the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports "tavis smiley." >> tavis and nationwide insurance. working to improve financial literacy and the economic empowerment that comes with it. >> ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> we are pbs.

. >> nationwide insurance probably supports tavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insurance, working to improve financial literacy and the economic empowerment comes with it. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- tavis: the second part of my exclusive conversation with jay leno begins with him sharing stories about his youth from new england. >> you grew up in a funny household. >> i guess. probably when i was in high school. my mother never got comedy. one time i was playing carnegie hall. my first time at carnegie hall. i invited my parents to the show. my mother is sitting third row center. behind my mom are five college kids. i had done 25 or 30 letterman shows. these college kids were fans. i get on stage and i started the act. i hear these guys laughing. my mother turns red and goes shh. mom, you do not shh people attic comedy show. she had been singled out a car -- at a comedy show

i'm tavis smiley. >> first up tonight a conversation with the c.e.o. of one of the nation's leading health care providers. ron williams of aetna. he does not support a call for a public option if the health care debate but does want to see universal coverage. how is that possible? also tonight former massachusetts senator edward brooke had his thoughts on the life and legacy of ted kennedy and finally a look at dr. king's iconic speech at the march in washington given 46 years ago this week. eric sundquist is the author of a book on this subject called "king's dream." >> there are so many things that wal-mart is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better but mostly we're looking forward to helping build stronger communities and relationships because with your help, the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insurance working to improve financial literacy and the economic empowerment that comes with it. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from

nationwide insurance proudly suppts "tavis smiley." tavis a nationwide,orking together to improveinancial literacy and the onomic empowerme that comes with it. >> ♪ nationwid isn your side ♪ >> and by contribuons to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [caponing made possible by kcet public televion] tav: couple of quick prograing notes. due to thereaking news of senat kennedy's sng, our conversation witc.e.o. ron williams wll air tomorrow night. nd he is aritical voice and alth care debate, opposed t the public option. he will explain. that full conveation airs tomorw night on this program. also on the end the program, edrd brooke and african- american republican who served alongside ted kennedy in the u.s. sete. tonight, i am pleed to be join by congressman john lewis, a civirights pioneer and longtime georg ngressman to knew a worked th senator kennedy for many years. congressman lewis, ne to have youon the program, sir. >> am delighted and pase to be with u tonight. tavis: it i suc an hon to have you won i wanted to h

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. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insurance. working to improve financial literacy and the economic empowerment that comes with it. >> nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. tavis: we continue our road to wealth series with katty kay. she is co-author of the book "womenomics: write your own rules for success". joins us tonight from washington. let me ask you the obvious. the definition is? >> it is woman's power in the marketplace. and their ability to change the way that we all work. for the last 30 years, women have bought into the concept that they were going to be men. that we would do the 60 hour weeks and climb the ladder. it was a model that did not work for most professional women. what we found was women have a huge amount of power in the marketplace. they do not know about it. companies that employ more senior women actually make more money. what we argue is you can take that power and use it to negotiate for a model that works for most women. >> let's ba

i'm tavis smiley. first up, a conversation with twitter cofounder, biz stone. this is his first interview, since the site crashed. the users continue to grow and we saw recent uprising in iran. and gloria ruben stars on the legal drama "raising the bar." we're glad you joined us, biz stone and actress gloria ruben, coming up right now. tavis: this is the cofounder of twitter which has become a cultural and social phenomena around the world, as if you didn't know. and biz was named to the list of the 100 most flual people in the world. last week when twitter crashed, following a hacker's attack, it became one of the biggest stories on the planet in a matter of hours. biz stone is here. glad to have you here. how you doing? >> excellent. >> you survived the crash. >> we did. >> what have you learned on this side of the crash? >> this is what is called a denial of service attack. it is pretty common on the the internet. it is not going away anytime soon. what we learned, you got to tune your systems to handle this scale of assault. we spent 200 catching up with th

i am tavis smiley. first up, a conversation about michael vick with nfl hall of fame quarter paurn moon. last night on 60 minutes, michael vick tried to put his troubles behind him just two days after returning to football with the philadelphia eagles. warren moon is out now with a new memoir about his life and career called never give up on your dream. also, emmy nominated actor dylan mcdermott is stopping by. he is finding success in "dark blue." we are gland you joined us. football great warren moon and actor dylan mcdermott coming up right now. >> there are so many things that wal-mart is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better. but morsely we are looking forward to helping build stronger communities and relationships. because of your help, the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports taffer smile. tavis and nationwide insurance, working to improve international literacy. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> first day i

i am tavis smiley. firs up, a conversatn about michaevick with nfl halof fame quarteraurn moon. last night on 60 minutes, michael vick tried t put his troubles behind him jt two daysfter returning to football with the philadelphia eags. warren moon out now with a new memoir abo his life and career calle never give up on your dream. also emmy nominated aor dylancdermott is stopping by. is finding scess in "dark blue." we are and you joined us. footba great warren moon and actor dylan mcdermott coming up rightow. >> there are so my things th wal-mart is looking forward to doing, ke helping people live better. bu morsely we are looking forward to helping build stnger communities and nats.shp elationships. becau of your help, the best is yet to come. >> natioide insurance proudly suorts taffer smile. tavis and natioide insurance, working to impro intertional literacy. and by contrutions to your pbs station fm viewers like you. hank you. >> first day i walked into pson, and he slammedhat door, i knew the magnitude of the decisions that i had made anthe poor judgment and what i allowe

>> good evening from los angeles, i'm tavis smiley. first up tonight, part two of my conversation with the legendary director, francis ford coppola. he's out with a new project called "tetro," as you'll see in the second part of our conversation. he opens up about a lot of subjects, including the ups and downs about his career. also, femi kuti stops by. the son of the late great fela kuti is in the states now for a number of concerts, including a headlining slot last week at the hollywood bowl. his most recent c.d. is called "day by day." we're glad you've joined us. that's all coming up right now. ♪ >> there's so many things that wal-mart is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better, but mostly we're looking forward to helping build stronger communities and relationships. because of your help, the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insurance, working to improve financial literacy and the economic empowerment that comes with it. >> ♪ nationwide is on your sid

to helpg people bui better communities and relationship >> nationwide insurace proly supportsavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insurance, working to promote fincial leracy and the powe that comes with it. >> an by contra purist -- contributions to yourbs station from viersike you. thank you. >> welcome reba mntire to the pgram. she hadhe most t 10 hits by a female artist in the history of the cntry music charts. t new c is "keep on loving you" and he is the sing,e trange -- single, "strange." ♪ i ied myself to sleep, thiing i can't get over him strange, lk about love range, i aug to be -- ought to be in bed with my head in the pillow cryg trange ♪ tavis: he broke my heart, i cried myself to sleep trying to getver him. there really are only three subject >> maybe four. tavis: maybe four? brok my heart, she bke my heart. >> then they breakup and make up andre happ tavis: i am gl to have you here. number 33. >> 33rd album. tavis: do you love this? >> i love recording d performing live. love to get back with music. tavi wt is your process for writing and recorng? >> i don't wte a lot, but te