smiley's career as a dealer and thief. this is about an hour. >> thank you all so much for coming here this afternoon. i'm not particularly pleased to be giving this talk at the national archives wonderful repository of old books and manuscripts and the reporting of this book i became a great lover of archives, going to the institutions that smiley ended up taking rare maps out of. i got to see a lot of these old documents myself. there's nothing like seeing an original document and being able to touch it with your fingers and see it with your own eyes. it's really a wonderful service that buildings like this provide and providing access to these materials. so i'm going to dive right in here with a reading from the +e i start with the first sentence from the first chapper so there's nothing you need to know going in. then i'm going to talk a little about the strange character forbes smiley who i got to know very well over the past three years and then show you some images of some of the maps that he stole particularly focu

right around the time it was on smiley's website, the map also appeared in the catalog of a dealer smileywas known to do but business with.ist smiley never admitted to stealing this one. yale didn't have any defining marks that would show this is actually their map. they didn't have a digital image of it.mi didn they didn't have any other kinds of evidence and so because of that, the fbi decided that it wasn't a map that smiley had ngma actu stolen and it was never returned and never recovered back to yale. i just wanted to close with a few words about what smiley did with the money he gained from stealing these maps because in some ways i find this to be one of the more compelling aspects of the story and one of the things that convinced me there because was a book here. this is a map of a small town inng maine called sebeck, a flea bite of a town.of the can you barely find to a map in far northern maine. smiley purchased a farmhouse here in the late 1980s, right up here.ite and given his life of history a and love of new england, he restored this farmhouse lovingly to his ideal of a per

right around the time it was on smiley's website the map also appeared in the catalog of a dealer smileywas known to do business with. smiley never admitted to stealing this one. yale didn't have any defining marks that would show this is actually their map. they didn't have a digital image of it. they didn't have any other kinds of evidence and so because of that, the fbi decided that it wasn't a map that smiley had stolen and it was never returned and never recovered back to yale. i just wanted to close with a few words about what smiley did with the money he gained from stealing these maps because in some ways i find this to be one of the more compelling aspects of the story and one of the things that convinced me there was a book here. this is a map of a small town in maine called ;ófjusebeck, a flea bite of a town. can you barely find to a map in far northern maine. smiley purchased a farmhouse here in the late 1980s, right up here. and given his life of history and love of new england, he restored this farmhouse lovingly to his ideal of a perfect new england farmhouse. he didn't st

smiley. >> caller: good afternoon. tavis, can you hear me? >> guest: i hear you well. how are you sir? >> caller: i'm fine, thank you. i have two or three quick comments. first, i want to tell you, and i'm being sincere, on my littlegh table right from thissen telephone here i made of your whe appearance on booktv where your gave about an hour lecture to op your book about -- about your book on dr. king. >> host: lorraine motel in memphis. fam >> caller: right. i made a tape of that, i'm goingthat to send it to my brother. >> guest: thank you. >> caller: because it is, the and book and, of course obviously obviously his life. but that one hour speech that you gave that lecture that youery, gave was very very helpful and very inspiring. >> guest: thank you. >> caller: now, in saying that i . want to plant a seed with you. first of all i'm a beneficiary of obamacare. i haven't been able to have insurance for over ten years, so we don't want to make the perfect the enemy of the good. >> guest: t

smiley. our author this month. we'll begin in baltimore. thanks for holding. you're on the air with tavis smiley on booktv. >> caller: good afternoon, friend. mr. smiley, i'm big fan of yours for probably, 10 15 years. >> guest: thank you. >> caller: since your bet days, actually. i love your work. you're excellent. i was in school and i heard you were coming to washington. i left my school, my class just to be with you so you could sign my book for your daughter, mr. smiley. mr. smiley, i'm really, really disappointed a bithat you've done with the president. like you, i was against mr. obama and voted for mrs. clinton during that time. but over the time, but over the time we have to come to conclusion that barack obama is the president of the united states. he is not a king. he can not say let there of course lights and there will be lights. he can not mr. smiley. barack obama can not say okay, stop dcriminatggast blacyog. likeou'm fmfra. uer b heut i fm africa bui ntchool. nerha skeornyf th

smiley's career as a dealer and thief. is about an hour. >> thank you all so much for coming here this afternoon. i'm not particularly pleased to be giving this talk at the national archives wonderful repository of old books and manuscripts and the reporting of this book i became a great lover of archives, going to the institutions that smiley ended up taking rare maps out of. i got to see a lot of these old documents myself. there's nothing like seeing an original document and being able to touch it with your fingers and see it with your own eyes. it's really a wonderful service that buildings like this provide and providing access to these materials. so i'm going to dive right in here with a reading from the +e i start with the first sentence from the first chapper so there's nothing you need to know going in. then i'm going to talk a little about the strange character forbes smiley who i got to know very well over the past three years and then show you some images of some of the maps that he stole particularly focusing

forbes smiley ii couldn't stop coughing.e tried to ght suppress it the tickle in the back of his throat kelp kept breaking out in hacking cough, drawing glances from the patronsoughing around him. except for the low hum of the v=p÷ air conditioning and the ugh, clicking of fingers on keyboards, making smiley painfully aware of the noise he was making. at one point he pulled a hank cking kerchief out of his pocket to muffle the sound . as he d an exacto knife blade aware wrapped aside fell softly onto at the carpet floor. he folded the cloth and put it back in his pocket, oblivious toacto kni what had happened. he was in the beinecke, an annual gathering of hundreds of he folde map collectors to buy, sell and ha trade antiquated maps. when people thought of forbes smile y as he was known as friends, dealers, clients and e, an libraries, a few words sprang to mind, gregarious, jolly, larger than life.erwhen he spoke to the family of a ords s italian tenor. his voice was full of money. when he made phone calls he madet sure to

host: to bring up tavis smiley. on our in depth program earlier this more -- earlier this month he talked about martin luther king's last year before his assassination. he answered a question about what he learned. here is a bit of what he had to say. [video clip] >> the thing that most surprise me -- it is remarkable to consider that king had all this hate coming at him. fbi spies inside his organization. his treasurer is on the fbi payroll. the photographer shooting him is on the fbi payroll. i could go on. he is hate from the outside spied on from the inside by his own people. never, in all the hours and hours of audio tape, not one time to we ever hear king contesting the humanity of any other human being. not demonizing, denigrating. it is remarkable for somebody to be filled with that kind of love . we live in a world now were so many people are not as advertised. i shudder to think what they might have heard me saying if i had been under surveillance 24/7. to know they have all this tape on martin and that wh

i'm tavis smiley. tonight, part one of a two-night exclusive conversation with the only two african-americans serving in the u.s. senate. corey booker and tim scott. they are the only ones to serve simultaneously in the senate in the nation's history. glad you joined us for conversations with cory booker and tim scott, coming upright now. ♪ ♪ >>> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >>> u.s. senator tim scott was appointed by governor nikki haley in 2013 to vacate the seat by jim demint. he won a special election to hold on to the seat. i started the conversation recorded live in washington and the pbs affiliate whut by asking governor scott what his agenda is for the congress which is now just convened. >> i would love to tell you why my agenda is what it is. growing up in a single parent household, i lost my way. i was a kid not doing well in high school. i flunked out of geography. they don't call you bilingual. the choice is education. i learned the wrong way

i'm tavis smiley. five years ago today haiti was hit with a massive 7.0 earthquake devastating the island nation. first up, a conversation with pierre labossiere, co-founder of the haiti action committee. we then turn to a conversation with academy award winner marion cotillard starring in the new movie "two days one night." we're glad yowl join us for those conversations, coming up, right now. >>> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> five years ago haiti was hit by a catastrophic earthquake which killed hundreds of thousands of citizens and left countless others wound and homeless. the aftershocks of the devastation are still fight five yirs later. tonight i'm pleased to be joined by pierre labossiere. one of the most respe8!2jñ progressive voices on haitian politics in a long time. social just it advocate and pierre labossiere, honored to you have on this program. >> a pleasure. thank you. >> what do you make of haiti? five years after this massive earthquake

. >>> hi i'm tavis smiley.rsation with nas on the 20th anniversary release of his groundbreaking work "nomadic." that's next time. see you then. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. rose: welcome to the program. we begin this evening with a tragic terrorist attack in paris killing 12 people. we begin with the cbs evening news with scott pelley and their report earlier this evening. >> late today, french authorities identified suspects wanted in the massacre this morning at the offices of a sat satirical magazine in paris. all are frenchmen. brother said and can a karif are well known to police. 18-year-old hamad marad is described as a homeless man. >> first, a volley of automatic gunfire. then the man shouts "get down." and the pedestrians dive for cover. journalist fled for safety and looked on

. >> hi, i'm tavis smiley.time for a sdfrg with laura poitras from "citizen four," the story of edward snowden and the nsa. that's next time. see you then. >> by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> hi. i'm rick steves. today we're heading off on a very special adventure, traveling to three of the most exciting cities in europe: florence, rome, and venice. italy's my favorite country. these are my favorite italian cities and you're about to see why. i'll be with you during each intermission sharing special tips on traveling smartly as together we celebrate the value of public broadcasting right here in our communities. if you've got any friends bitten by that travel bug, give them a call or text them right now, because we've got a wonderful itinerary planned for you. in the next two hours, we'll share not only the marquee attractions of these great cities, but we'll get to know the back lanes, the edible delights, and the locals so proud of their heritage. now raise your travel

>>> hi, i'm tavis smiley.ext time for[Ñ a conversation with joanie mitchell about her career spanning four-disc collection featuring 53 of her songs. see you then. ♪ >>> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> rose: welcome to the program. we begin this evening with the new congress convening in washington. it is the 114th congress and we talk about the challenge they face with al hunt. >> i think the conventional wisdom has been that the tea party, the movement right has peaked. they're really on the decline, they don't matter. i think that may be a mistake. those 24 members were sending a warning shout out today. they weren't going to beat john boehner. they were sending a message to to mitch mcconnell as much as they were to john boehner. don't compromise. boehner would clearly like to forge some kind of middle-of-the-road consensus on a few issues. it's not going to be easy and i don't think his party will make it easy for him.

at pbs.org. >>> i'm tavis smiley.e next time with patrick stewart. that's next time. we'll see you then. >>> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> rose: welcome to the program am we begin this evening with a look at the oscar nominations with matt bean, the editor of entertainment weekly. >> there's politicking that goes on. to cast dispersions on some of the other films. when it is set in reality, that is a particularly easy task. in some ways it not one of the things that is beseejd. >> we continue with a conversaon aboutslam with reza aslan will mccants shadi hamid and michael hanna. >> yes it's true. they are were good muslims. people fighting isis are also muslim. the people who support isis and the people who argue against isis are muslims. so what does this actually say about isla not that much.

i'm tavis smiley. tonight a conversation with emmy winning golden globe nominated and oscar nominee actor benedict cumberbatch starring in the imitation game" which tells the story of computer scientist alan turing a key figuring in cracking germany's enigma code which helped the allies win the second world war. a conversation with benedict cumberbatch coming up right now.á ♪ and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you.t#$cx ♪ "the imitation game" is one of the year's best films. benedict cumberbatch. i love that name, benedict cumberbatch stars in that film as alan turing a key figure in cracking germany's enigma code which helped the allies win the second world war. he's no stranger to viewers of pbs viewers of ósmasterpiece" for his working in "sherlock" right now. before we start our conversation, let's look at a scene from "the imitation game." >> of course that's what you're working on. but you also haven't got anywhere with it. if you had you wouldn't be hiring cryp

. >> hi, i'm tavis smiley.rsation with oscar winner angelina jolie about "unbroken." that's next time. we'll see you then. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more, pbs. >> rose: welcome at that time program, we begin this evening with a tragedy in paris, and for a look at today's news, cheer is scott pelley of the cbs evening news. >> tonight in their hour of sadness the people of france are showing the world their determination. they mourned the 12 killed yesterday in the terror attack on the satirical magazine "charlie hebdo" or carlie weekly. some held pencils in honor of the pfeiffer cartoonists without died-- the five cartoonists who died. the nationwide manhunt for two suspects still on the loose is now into its second night and we have a series of reports. we'll begin with clarissa ward north of paris. clarissa? >> good evening scott. this gas station is the last place where those two suspected gunmen were believed to have been seen making the rural area

>> hi i'm tavis smiley.ime for a conversation with ava duk&tzevernay, director of "selma," about the three months leading up to the passage of the 1965 voting rights act. that's next time. see you then. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >> rose: welcome to the program. tonight, remembering dr. martin luther king jr. and we start with john lewis the congressman and friend of dr. king. >> martin luther king, jr. helped free and liberate, not just the people but a nation. >> rose: and we continue with david oyelowo, who plays dr. king in the film "selma". >> she was an american hero but he didn't walk around in his life thinking i am an hero, i am an icon, i am a historical figure, he was a a man with flaws, with failings, with weaknesses with transcendent qualities as well but where i connected with him is, you know, he is man of faith, i am a man of faith i am a father of four, he was a father of four. and these were my entry points. he lived a life of not just ta

i'm tavis smiley. earlier this evening, president barack obama delivered his annual state of the union address. there's so much to talk about tonight. our guest jeffrey sacks, professor and director of the earth institute at columbia university. "the new york times" says he's probably the most important economist in the world. we're glad you joined us.a2/ a conversation with jeffrey sachs coming up right now. ♪ and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ please welcom jeffrey sachs back to this program, one of the world's leading experts in fight against poverty which has taken him to more than 125 countries. he joins us tonight for an assessment of the president's address earlier this evening. more important to talk about raising the standard of living for the poor and around the globe. always an honor to have you on this program. >> it'sqíf you, tavis. >> let me jump to some of the specifics of what the president had to say tonight. provision for free access for two y

. >> hi i'm tavis smiley.time as we take a dive into what's grabbing the country's attention in the coming week. see you then. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from ídl you. thank you. >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by: >> rose: additional funding provided by: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city this is charlie rose. >> rose: welcome

>>> good evening from los angeles, i'm tavis smiley. tonight a conversation with herbie hancock who just last month was awarded a lifetime achievement honor by the jazz foundation of america. to go along with all his other accolades including 14 grammys, with more than 50 years of music to his credit. herbie hancock has just written his memoir. it's titled "herbie hancock: possibilities possibilities," which traces his life from his childhood in chicago to his collaboration with miles davis, to his commitment to buddhism. we're glad you joined us. a conversation with the incomparable herbie hancock coming up right now. ♪ >> by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> hersheybie hancock has embraced just about every music am genre from jazz to fusion -- musical genre from jazz to fusion to funk. now he's considered one of the towering forces in american music with 14 grammy award and, of course a lifetime achievement honor from the jazz foundation of america. he's written finally a new memoir titled "herbie

i'm tavis smiley. tonight having a conversation with emmy award winning actress, lisa kudrow about her acclaimed hbo series, "the comeback" after a nine-year absence which skewers reality and television and other targets is a sharp-edged comedy about the lure of stardom that's both hilarious and heartbreaking. we're glad you have joined us. conversation with lisa kudrow coming up right now. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> with an emmy award, multiple nominations and two screen actors guild awards, a writer, plus ten years on "friends" lisa kudrow knows a thing or two about fame producer as well as actress, she co-produced the come back about a less than talented sitcom actress desperate for the limelight. after a nine-year hiatus the comeback has made a comeback, let's take a look at the series. >> hi. valorie. >> of course. how's it going? nice meeting you. i knew this was low budget they got you working the gate now, too? is that what you do? >> hey. >

>> good evening from los angeles, i'm tavis smiley. tonight a conversation with one of the great pioneers of television, writer and performer carl reiner and his equally talented son and writer/director/actor rob reiner who has two emmy's for his work for "all in the family" and gone on to direct "this is spinal tap" and "when harry met sally" we're glad you joined us. a conversation about fathers and sons with carl reiner and rob reiner coming up right now. >> and by contributions from your pbs station from viewers like you, thank you. sons with carl reiner and rob reiner coming up right now. "this is spinal tap". actor and director rob reiner who has given such great comedies like "this is spinal tap" and "when harry met sally" grew up in a household dominated by laughter, generated in no small measure of course by his father, one carl reiner, one of the pioneers of television who among his many critics created the dick van dyke show and with his good friend mel brooks created "the 2,000-year-old man" love that. has a new memoir out

office and sunday at noon eastern, our three-hour conversation with talk show host and author tavis smiley. with your calls, e-mails and sweets. opening day remarks by tip o'neill, newt ging riff and nancy pelosi. at 8:00, hear from the majority leaders leaders. find our schedule at c-span.org and let us know what you think. >> join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> throughout 2014, they feature with the help of our local cable partners. here's a look at one of the cities. >> we have the best cheese in wisconsin. >> we are here in wisconsin and what we are looking at is the milk intake room where the milk comes from the farmers into the silo. it goes into the pasturizer. the pasturizer heats up the the milk for 15 seconds. the purpose is to kill all harmful bacteria to humans. this room is the productive room. after it goes through and holds for 15 seconds at 161 degrees, we cool it down to 90. all the piping systems head in to what we are looking for to approximate uh it in. we are making gouda in vat number one. gouda cooks slowly with hot water. #

how we cannot show a very funny and smiley cartoon about muhammad denouncing cartoonists when we showur cartoonists facing these threats. every time there's a big fire it's indeed a big fire already, the first one is okay now we have to do a better newspaper. a better printing. but the difference now is that almost all of them died. so the few that did survive, of course, they're traumatized they're in shock. they are already working on the next newspaper for the next week. i can tell you it is amazingly hard because those people are supposed to make people drug make friend to be sweet, to be smiley even about the most violent circumstance of course it's tuck laterally impossible and hard. but i can tell you that one of the cartoonists that did survive already did the cover for next week. >> reporter: if you could just reveal the cover. i saw what i thought was the cover saying we're looking, hiring for cartoonists? you can confirm that for us? >> no no you will see next week. probably will discuss a long time. i will tell you, we need to draw. those crazy fanatics they make the name

and our three-our conversation with talk show host and author tavis smiley with your calls e-mails, and tweets. and tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3, opening-day remarks by former house speaker's tip o'neill, newt gingrich, then he has to, and nancy pelosi. we will hear from senate majority leader's byrd, howard baker, bob roll, and george -- bob dole and george mitchell. let us know about the programs you are watching. call us, e-mail us, or send us a tweet. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> all weekend american history tv is featuring austin texas the loans star state's capital and fourth-largest city. hosted by our time warner cable partners, c-span's city tour's staff recently visited sites showcasing austin's history. learn more about austin all weekend here on american history tv. >> the texas state library and archives commission is a state agency that was founded by the state with a very simple but powerful mission, and that is to make sure that texans have the information that they need to live informed, productive, and fulfilled

they call me smiley, because i'm always smiling. i'm a nice person, but don't get in my personal space because it's going down. >> minacapelli proved her point just a few days after arriving in jail. she got into fight with another female inmate. >> she got a broken eye socket. i put her in the infirmary for eight days. time to go. >> the fight earned her a lengthy stay in the female segregation unit. she was released to general population a few weeks ago. despite her sometimes violent tendencies, she claims her numerous days in the suffolk county jail stem from her addiction to cocaine and heroin. >> when i was with my kids, i never did nothing. never did no drugs. did nothing. i was a stay-at-home mom. i was good, and then started racking up charges and doing drugs. it was all downhill. >> she says she turned to prostitution to support her drug habit. her two children, ages 5 and 6, are now in the custody of their father. >> i do write to them. i don't get any mail back from them. i don't get to talk to them on the phone. my famil

. >>> good evening from los angeles, i'm tavis smiley. tonight part two of our conversation with the only two poplarly elected african-americans to serve simultaneously in the u.s. senate. u.s. democrat cory booker and south carolina republican, tim scott. the new congress convenes and the republicans are controlling both chambers. questions from both senators on what to expect, common ground or gridlock. part two of our conversation with cory booker and tim scott coming up, right now. ♪

. >> you have this great forrest gump smiley face.hat when forrest gump put himself into the t-shirt and got the smiley face and the consumers are smiling over this. >> right. >> see where we're going with the question. consumers are smiling, like forrest gump, but wall street is not? why is that. >> because of the impact of producing oil here in the u.s. and that includes jobs with texas and other areas booming a couple of years ago. and this is a partial result of a economic slowdown seeing that in china and europe and that is reducing demand for oil but wall street sees the low price as a sign that things aren't doing well in the global economy, even with the u.s. benefiting for the most part. >> speak more to china because i think the market is spooked by china. they are ravenous when it comes to energy but they have experienced a slowdown. so what impact is that having? >> they are the number one importer right now and they want to create a sustainability economy not just built on new, cheap things and want to build around consum

on sunday, our conversation with have us smiley -- tavis smiley. on c-span3 tonight opening-day remarks by tip o'neill, newt gingrich, dennis hastert, and nancy pelosi. sunday night at 8:00, we will hear from former senate majority leaders. find our complete schedule at www.c-span.org. what us know what you think about the programs you are watching -- let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. call, e-mail, or send us a tweet. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >> history bookshelf features popular american history writers every weekend at this time. offer nicholas patler discusses his book "jim crow and the wilson administration." he describes policies during his term that segregated the federal workforce and the protests that followed. the university of virginia hosted this event in 2005. it is about one hour. >> good afternoon. i would like to welcome you all to this annual eve library's multicultural issues committee. we'll go right into our program. and the introduction of the guests a

somebody cut off a piece of wood shaped as a moose head and painted a smiley face. here is what it used to look like. the moose head was painted for various causes, includeing marriage equality. napa residents say they can't believe somebody would do this to the popular tree. >>> planes are a hot bed for germs. we shine a light on the biggest risk to your health and unveil three tricks to avoid getting sick. >> and a world tour stops in san jose. how the city is bringing ancient >>> breaking news now. the u.s. is imposing sanctions on north korea in retaliation for the cyberattack against zone sony pictures. >>> new this morning, you're looking at the scene of a huge car pile up in new hampshire this happened on internatestate 39 in ashland. a sudden burst of snow blinded drivers. one car got pinned underneath a tractor trailer and caught fire. 35 vehicles were involved. that's lot. no word on how many people were hurt. the area has since reopened. >>> a veteran flight attendant is exposing the dirty secrets of the airlines. the woman who has been flying the sky for

i'm tavis smiley.onight a conversation with emmy winning golden globe nominated and oscar nominee actor benedict cumberbatch starring in the imitation game" which tells the story of computer scientist alan turing a key figuring in cracking germany's enigma code which helped the allies win the second world war. a conversation with benedict cumberbatch coming up right now.á ♪

on sunday, our conversation with have us smiley -- tavis smiley. c-span3 tonight opening-day remarks by tip o'neill, newt gingrich, dennis hastert, and nancy pelosi. sunday night at 8:00, we will hear from former senate majority leaders. find our complete schedule at www.c-span.org. what us know what you think about the programs you are watching -- let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. call, e-mail, or send us a tweet. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter.

i'm tavis smiley.e years ago today haiti was hit with a massive 7.0 earthquake devastating the island nation. first up, a conversation with pierre labossiere, co-founder of the haiti action committee. we then turn to a conversation with academy award winner marion cotillard starring in the new movie "two days one night." we're glad yowl join us for those conversations, coming up, right now.

i'm tavis smiley. tonight, part one of a two-night exclusive conversation with the only two african-americans serving in the u.s. senate. corey booker and tim scott. they are the only ones to serve simultaneously in the senate in the nation's history. glad you joined us for conversations with cory booker and tim scott, coming upright now. ♪ ♪

i'm tavis smiley, tonight a conversation with the incomparable cicely tyson. her iconic performance are in such landmark dramas as "the autobiography of miss jane pittman," "roots," and of course, "sounder," these are just to name a few of her outstanding portrayals which have earned her internation acclaim. she has an oscar nomination, three emmy awards and now into her eighth decade, a tony award for performance as carry watts in "the trip to bountiful" currently at ahmanson theater. here in los angeles. after an award-winning run on broadway. we've glad you've joined us, a conversation with cicely tyson coming up right now. ♪ ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> there is so much to love and admire about actress and activist cicely tyson. there are her outstanding performance in dramas such as "sounder" and "roots" and "the autobiography of miss jane pittman," there's also her outspoken advocacy for civil rights and her determination to play strong women. i love this quote she gave to the new york times last year

i'm tavis smiley. earlier this evening, president barack obama delivered his annual state of the union address. there's so much to talk about tonight. our guest jeffrey sacks, professor and director of the earth institute at columbia university. "the new york times" says he's probably the most important economist in the world. we're glad you joined us.a2/ a conversation with jeffrey sachs coming up right now. ♪

. >>> good evening from los angeles, i'm tavis smiley. tonight we welcome the award-winning director of the movie "selma," ava duvernay. the film, of course tells the story of one of the seminal moments in american history which led to the passage of the 1965 voting rights act. the movie has generated a great deal of controversy over its depiction of president lyndon b. johnson and his relationship with dr. martin luther king jr. we're glad you could join us. a conversation with director of "selma," ava duvernay coming up right now. ♪

. >>> good evening from los angeles, i'm tavis smiley. tonight a conversation with oscar winner anjelica huston about her latest thome "watch me: a memoir," about her childhood. a where theh last left off. a candid look at her career in l.a. and much publicized romance with jack nicholson and relationship with robert graham. we're glad you joined us. a conversation with oscar winner anjelica huston coming up right now. ♪

. >>> good evening from los angeles, i'm tavis smiley.rsation with nas on the 20th anniversary of the release of his groundbreaking album "illmatic." the innovative c.d. which captured the rawness of his life in new york in the 1958 80s is also the subject of "time is illnatic" debuting at the prestigious tribecca film festival. we're glad you've joined us. a conversation with nas coming up right now. ♪

>>> good evening from los angeles, i'm tavis smiley. tonight a conversation with oscar-winning actress, director, writer, and humanitarian, angelina jolie. her latest film is "unbroken" which chronicles the heroic struggle of olympic champion louis zamperini to survive a world war ii p.o.w. camp. it's garnering reviews and will be among those honored as award season gets underway. we're glad you're with us. our conversation with angelina jolie coming up right now. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> angelina jolie, second foray into directing "unbroken," telling the true story of american olympic hero louis zamperini after his plane crashed survived on a raft only to face years in a japanese prison camp during world war ii. it was a harrowing experience to say the least that tested every bit of his stamina and humanity and is brought to life with tender loving compare and compassion by angelina jolie's direction. we'll start with a look at a scene from "unbroken" starring jack o'connell as

you can't tell with these smiley faces, but these adopted 3-year-old twins are in urgent need of thoseplants. their father michael wagner can only help out one of the kids. the wagners set up a facebook page to try to find another donor. in two weeks doctors will decide which twin should get their father's liver. >>> tonight bay area doctors are scrambling to track movements of a patient diagnosed with measles. they say hundreds of people may have been exposed. the recently diagnosed patient went to a costco and wal-mart in gilroy on january 18th. he also visited a dave and buster's restaurant in milpitas on january 19th. he was infectious the whole time. health officials are playing detective trying to alert anyone who had direct contact with this patient. >> they interview the case and find out where were they during that infectious period, who might have been their contacts and then we follow up with those contacts to see if they've been vaccinated. >> if you've been vaccinated or had the measles, they say you don't have to worry, but if not, officials say watch out for symptoms tha

and included a smiley face in love hearts. she shared images of the execution by isis of u.s.even sotlov. >>> analystsest mated that as many as 15% of isis's foreign recruits could be female with up to 200 women from at least 14 countries. women are moet vated by the idea of meeting a jihadist husband. they're hoping with prestige from husbands that die as marters. >>> this grandmother tried to blow up explosive in gaza. her family said she wanted to become a marter. and what about this woman? colleen derose. she traveled to europe in 2009, part of a plot to kill swedish artist after she depicted the head of muslim prophet muhammad. she was arrested after returning to philadelphia. la rose was sentenced last january to prison for 10 years. all looking to make a name for themselves in martyrdom. >> coming up, we have more of that brand new audio from inside the markt attack, really ooefgs dr eavesdropping on the terrorists. plus, we have all the latest developments from paris next. dise gh, but i've managed. except that managing my symptoms was all i was doing. and when i final

we interviewed chat -- tavis smiley. congresswoman, your questions on how you think dr.ing would view american for policy today. guest: one of the great things about this country and its democracy is the freedom of thought. the fact that all of us do not have to agree. i cannot second-guess all the things that happened 50 years ago. what i can say is that there been great results for all the things that did happen that brought us to the point of having the voting's rights act and having the civil rights act. i have a worldwide program including women, to try and build the culture around the world of peace. i think most americans want peace around the world. certainly, martin luther king did. there are many times in this country where we do enter war whether we agree or not. it happens by majority. we will always have differences of opinion. the great thing about this country is that the constitution allows that. host: how will you be commemorating martin luther king jr. day? guest: i started here this morning. there was a parade. i will be joining my staff for a project.

smiley and in those 10 weeks i gained so much from this guy and my partner carl, i got to witness his first laugh and giggle and feeding him real food for the first time and no one can take away these 10 weeks and i have gained so much he is 5 months old, 21 pounds 28 inches tall, off the charts, i have lost 8 pounds i think he gained the 8 pounds i lost. i am glad to be back with this family and share him as well. >> take it from two fellow parents it's the best. >> he will be waiting for you tonight. >> we love you bud. thank you. >>> the archdiocese of philadelphia announced their fundraising push to benefit catholic charities they aim to raise money for all five counties. the archdiocese passed the mark thanks to 50,000 donors. they plan to make that three in a row in 2015. we are buzzing next, we are buzzing about adam being back. we have something for wrestling fans, something happening at the cannes film festival coming up. >>> time now for the buzz, film making brothers the cohen brothers will serve as -- the creators of the hits like raising arizona and tongue in cheek it's a

sunday, our three-our conversation with tavis smiley. on "american history" opening-day remarks from former house speaker's from tip o'neill to nancy pelosi. we will hear from former majority leader's robert byrd, howard baker abdul, and -- bob dole, and george mitchell. find our programs on c-span.org and let us know what you are watching. call us, e-mail us, or send us a tweet. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. the 114th congress gavels and tuesday at noon eastern. watch live coverage and track the gop-led congress and have your say as events unfold. new congress, best access on c-span. >> up next on american history tv, "project runway" cohost tim gunn hosts a discussion on white house holidays and traditions from the kennedy to the obama administrations. we will hear from lyndon johnson robb, daughter of president johnson and former white house chief usher gary walter. the white house archives hosted this event. it is about 90 minutes. [applause] >> wow, we have a packed house.

tavis smiley talks about the final year of martin luther king, junior in his book "death of a king goan watch them all on c-span.org. my live, your calls and comments on "washington journal pepco then, the u.s. house of representative devils in at 12 noon. ex tonight, on "the communicators," the efforts by federal agencies to provide for the growing needs of mobile service providers. ask the ultimate in the spectrum-sufficient technology is called dynamic spectrum access. that includes cognitive radio, and i know you have heard a lot about that. it includes some new technology that is just starting to become laboratory, a available where we can use his satellites to actually create a model of the world, so that when somebody transmits, you will know if they are going to interfere with somebody else. if you that i love these things together, i hesitate to tell you how much more efficient you are going to be, because you would left me out of this room. we're not talking about tens of times or hundreds or thousands of times of improvement, but millions of times of improvement. that is no

. >> it gives you a smiley face or frowny face. >> i think i would get the frowny face fairly often. >> and a pot that waters itself for those who lack a green thumb. >> i need that. >>> climbers making their way up the sheer face of el capitan are climbing at night, believe it or not because it is easier. we'll explain coming up. >>> a group of women climbers nepal ease are back at home after becoming the first woman team to climb the highest mountain on all seven continents. the team started the seven-year journey by climbing mt. everest, mount vincent in antarctica last month. only four were able to make the last journey because of a lack of funding. >> a big journey finally culminated in the seventh climb. we can now say seven! >> wow. they received a warm welcome home. they said they would continue to climb even after achieving their goal. >>> two men trying to climb up the sheer rock of el capitan could reach the summit this weekend. >> if they do it will be at night. they switched to night climbing because the days are too warm. at night the rocks are colder allowing a better