tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a focusing on the poverty tour with cornel west. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where wal-mart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. thank you.

from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. tonight we begin a look at one of the most vexing problems facing our country, poverty. i traveled to many of the poorest parts of our country to put a face on the number of people who find themselves among the ranks of the port. tonight we will bring you the first installment of the poor followed by a conversation with cornel west. his thoughts about what can and should be done. we are glad you have joined us. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where wal-mart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacleseme conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and brought to you by the aarp foundation. >> wk kellogg foundation. improving the lives of a vulnerable children. wkkf.org. >> of the annie e. casey foundation, helping bui

tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with michael lewis. >> every community has a martin it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where ur communi to make every day bette >> nionwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy anrm ce t onconversation at mo wee emrmont conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> brought to you by the aarp foundation. w. k. kellogg foundation, engaging communities to improve the lives of local children. learn more at wkkf.org. >> the annie. e casey foundation, helping to build a better future for american kids and families. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] kcet public television]

from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. the, a conversation with martin sheen and his son, emilio estevez. it was written for his father and is in theaters across the country right now. we're glad you have joined us. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day 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 empowerment one conversation at a time. >> and by viewers like you. if thank you. kcet public television] tavis: pleased to welcome martin sheen and emilio west of as to the program. the way, a movie written and directed by emilio, here are some scenes from "the way." >> are they going to change your life? >> something like that. ♪ >> i am so sorry, i had no idea. >> those are smart, confident, stubbor

from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. in a conversation tonight with michael lewis, the writer of and books like "moneyball." he is out with a new book about the financial crisis in europe. it is called "boomerang: travels in the new third world."." alal s sckckd d anning is here. she is headlining the production of "other desert cities," which opens november 3. we are glad you joined us. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day 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 empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pta -- pbs station. from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] >tavis: michael lewis

from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. tonight a conversation with musician and producer dave stewart. he has a new group called super heavy featuring a mick jagger and others. dayton -- the debut disc its stores next month. this week he has "the blackbird diaries." includes duets with stevie nicks and martina mcbride. two special performances. coming up right now. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where wal-mart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. 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: it is shaping up to a busy year for dave stewart, the acclaimed musician has a just released a new

from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. although america has avoided a depression during these difficult times, there continues to be a link between the banking crisis back in 1929 and our current economic woes. a conversation about the start similarities and their impact on poor and working americans with journalist nomi prins. also, actor billy gardell is here. he brought his comedic sensibility is to one of the best comedies. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day 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 empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public te

i am tavis smiley. we bring you night two of our look at poverty adn the poverty tour across america, including the kids who live at or below the poverty line, and i will be joined by vicki escarra . we thank you for joining us on night two of the poverty tour. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. one last place to with gher with your community. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley, and works to literacy one question at a time. >> brought to you by the aarp foundation. ♪ >> the w.k. kellogg foundation, improving the lives of vulnerable children. learn more at wkkf.org. ♪ >> helping to build a better future for america's kids and families. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. ♪ tavis: in our second part of the poverty tour, we look at the inw pour,or," who used to be the middle class. >> the blues are a personal catastrophe expressed lyrically. >> the white literary blues. >> i teach them in my class. >> the tennessee williams festival. >> me and m

tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with actress laura dern on her new series "enlightened." >> every community has a martin know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day 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 nvtion ate obsencorme saoner a time. 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] [captioning made possible by kcet public television]

from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. this evening, my conversation with spanish actor antonio banderas. has a new film, "the skin i live in," and "puss in boots." and a revival of the classical musical "missouri -- zorba" is also on the way. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with 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 empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> brought to you by the aarp foundation. w. k. kellogg foundation, the lives of local children. learn more at wkkf.org. better future for american kids and families. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: please welcome antonio banderas to th

tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley.oin me next time for a conversation with anita hill. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is tomprove financial literacying i ito mprove financial literacy and remove obsta oconomic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. welcome to antiques roadshow from atlantic city, new jersey. i got to tell you, every furniture conservator in america loves you right now. oh, my gosh! boy, oh, boy! yes. what? yes. oh, my god, you're kidding! more surprises and big fun in this hour of antiques roadshow. captioning sponsored by liberty mutual, subaru and viewers like you (firecrackers exploding) announcer: now, the peo

from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. first up tonight a conversation with "new york times" excessive editor jill abramson. her thoughts tonight on a very busy last several days in the news business and her new book "the puppy diaries." and also john carlos. his defiant salute at the 1968 summer olympics. he is out now with a new memoir called "the john carlos story." we'r glad you have joined us. "new york times" excessive editor and olympian john carlos coming up right now. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmaro maanry eve ur community to make every day 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 annid moreve oestabsec tclicono we emenrmone conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank u. kcet public

make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improv obstacles to empowerment. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: it isals such an honor and delight to be in the company of tony bennett. his influence on music for generations to come and also one of the most kind, humble and giving people i have had the pleasure to befriend. he has a collection of duets with some of the biggest names in the business. some of the making of "duets ii." ♪ don't get around much anymore ♪ ♪ ain't it a thrill i love you still it had to be you wonderful you it had to be you ♪ tavis: we recently had on this program just days ago sonny rollins. honored later this year and i saw him in concert here in l.a. and he is 81. you are now 85. happy birthday. you guys doing this into your 80's. you are killing me. and you sound just as good as ever. >> we love what we are doing. sonny has been that way. i just love the fact that i'm able to perform and tryin