tavis: hi, i am tavis pilot.t time for our conversation with attorney and political advisor vernon jordan. >> 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. because 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. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

tavis: good evening from los angeles. 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. 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

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

tavis: good evening. we continue our road to wealth series with a look at the changing challenges for women in the workplace. katty kay is the washington correspondent for the bbc and the author of a new book on the subject. also paul giamatti stops by. he earned wide acclaim for the miniseries john adams. his new project is the film called "cold souls". katty kay and paul giamatti. >> reece bimini things that walmart is looking forward to doing like helping people live better. 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 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 defin

tavis: good evening from los angeles. 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: maybe four?broke my heart, she broke my heart. >> then they break up and make up and are happy. tavis: i am glad to have you here. number 33. >> 33rd album. tavis: do you love this? >> i love recording and performing live. i love to get back with music. tavis: what is your process for writing and recording? >> i don't write a lot, but ten months before i let the songwriters know when i'll be recording and here are the demo tapes and cds and people listen at valerie and starstruck and we find what we can. at one time i had 200 songs on hold. many other people are looking, and it isn't right to hold on to all. i had 20 or 15 and i had two producers, tony brown and mark bright. we went to the studios and laid down the tracks. tavis: i want to ask about your process. -- process. every author has a way to do this. some people do their own stuff. there is a greater balance and you said clearly, you record other people's stuff. >> i want the best song. i will listen and if i like it, i will ask my husba

tavis: good evening from los angeles. 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

tavis: gd to have you here. when i first saw the project, of coue the scene we saw a moment a was with you and michael keaton but whaa line, carroll burnett >> and dan lynch. michael keaton. they all play my very eccentric mily. character has to move back home when she'not getting a joand they're each so perfect for the roles and for the little i had yo sinksies that are supposed to come out. theye great. tavi what kind of crge do you get my word not yours, whatind of charge does one get wheyou get a chae to work -- keaton'seen around for a longime. we know him fr "batman," carroll burne is a legend, no doubt out that. at does an aor get whenne gets to playpposite that kind of ct? the >> get really excited. i want to learn what i can from them. but mostly i just feel lucky to get to share t screen with them andring some characters to lifand it's just great. it's such f. because th've -- hee like watchingichael keaton work, he's been doing i so lon and he's so lovel to everyone onset. thers so much to learn. i lo

tavis: good evening from los angeles. 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 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

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tavis: good evening. 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

tavis: or "guitar hero." >> yes, push the yellow button. tavis: what did they want to communicate? is that no one is speaking for me, and i think you see that time and time. there is a thread, you know, going all the way back to the blues, the blues players themselves. no one is speaking for me, and i am going to use this instrument to speak for me, and even though the rest of the drug does not hear that, and you see jack white doing this. this is how bo diddley got his name. he was banging a nail on a 2 x 4, with wire, playing this instrument. they want to say something that words do not say. the lead singer -- bono gets to sing, and robert plant gets to sing, but when you're at a rock concert, you hear that the star, and the words do not matter. you are hearing something that the words really do not matter with -- you hear that guitar, and the words do not matter. tavis: there is nothing wrong with this, i am just curious, why focus on the electric guitar and it's being employed in the rock genre? >> it is a wonderful thing about the process, because i could start the movie tomor

tavis: i am tavis smiley. me next time with more with francis ford coppola. >> there are so many things that wal-mart is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better, but mostly looking forward to helping build stronger communities and relationships, because at your house, the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance probably supports tavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insurance, working to improve financial literacy and the economic and part that comes with it. >> ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >> and by contributions by viewers like you. thank you. >> we

tavis: good evening from los angeles. 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 u

tavis: good evening. 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

tavis: gd evening. from los angeles, i am tavis iley. tonight, four yearsfter the devastion of hurricane katrina, we focus onhe continuing recovery effos in an orleans. first, a coversation wth douglas inkley. his latest book, "the wilderness warrior," looks at teddy roosevelt. also tonight, aribute to the pele of new orleans from jsh charles. it is simple as helping rebuild the city. h single efft is helping rebuild the city. we are glad that yojoined us. t our book at new orlns four years aer katrincoming out. -- o look at orleans four years aer katrina comingup. >> there areo many things that wal-mart is looking forward to doing, like helping peopleive better. but mostly, we'reelping build stroer communities and relationships. wi your help, the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance prouy supports "tavismiley." tavis and nationwide, working together to impre financial teracy and the enomic emwerment that comes with it. >> ♪ nationwe is on your si ♪ >> and by conibutions to your pbs station from vwers like you. thank you. [captio

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

tavis: i am tavis smiley.e nextime for a conversation with howard dean and his plans for health-care reform. that is next time. >> there are so many things that walmart is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better. we are looking forward to tell people build strong relationshi. with your help, the best is yet to come. >> n n n nide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. working to improve financial literacy and the economic impact 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: dr.ard dean's book is call called "prescription for medical reform and how we can obtain medical care and make our jobs safer." the former chair of the d.n.c. and former governor of vermont. nice to have you on the program. >> thanks for having me on. tavis: next up a look at the life and legend of don hewitt. stay with us. tavis: few people have had the kind of impact on this medium of television the way don hewitt did. as the creator of "60 minutes" he would change the face of the news business providing a primetime platform for one of tv's longest running and most successful shows. but prior to that he helped change the face of american politics as the producer of the first ever televised debate in 1960 between richard nixon and john f. kennedy. in his most recent appearance on this program i began by asking don hewitt if debates today meant as much as they did back then. >> nothing matters as much as the first one. the first one was a blockbuster. when the first one was over, jack ken

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tavis: good evening. 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

tavis: good evening from los angeles. first up, part 2 of might expose of conversation with jay leno. on september 14 -- my exclusive conversation with gillette appeared also, mark johnson, the man behind a unique pbs documentary called "playing for change." it features musicians from all around the world playing the same songs. the jay leno and "playing for change" are coming up now. >> there are so many things that wal-mart is looking forward to doing. we are looking forward to help build stronger communities and relationships. with your help, the best is yet to come. >> 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 sto

>> 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

tavis: i could do this for hours.l me about the broadway -- >> the "the first wives club" openled up in san diego at the old globe theater in july and then we'll iron it out before we take it into broadway. wonderful stuff. tavis: man. you are gites have done a bunch of wonderful stuff. >> thank you. tavis: they're legends in their own time. so many hits, so little time. lamont, glad to have you here, man. >> thank you, my pleasure. tavis: up next, a performance from grammy-nominated artist, raphael saadiq. the performance is a throwback to the good o ol days. check this out. stay with us. from his grammy-nominated c.d., "the way i see it" here is raphael saadiq performing "love that girl." enjoy and good night from los angeles. and keep the faith. ♪ you can thank mi hyun she's such a love child and every maid in this place would love to be in her place settle down and i'll do my best to be better than the rest because she can soul and i'm glad she can soul and i'm glad so glad to make love oh, why oh, why love that g

tavis: benjamin barber, founder and creor of interdependen day >> il see you there tavis.t's great tavis: catch me on the weekends. yocan access our radio pod cast a pbs.o. od night from l.a. thks for wating, and as always, keep the faith. >> for more infmation on today's show, visitavismiley at pbs.org. >> next time join me with former wild kingdom co-host stan brock. that's next time. we'll see you en. >> there are smany things wal-ma is looking forwa to doing like helng people live beer. bu mostly we're looking forward totronger mmunities. because of your help, thbest is yet to co. >> nationwide surance proudly pports tavis smiley. tas and nationwide insurance, working to improve financi literacynd the economic empowermenthat comes with . ♪ nationwidis on your side ♪ and by contributions from your pbs station and fro viewers like you thank you. >> we are pb

tavis: good evening from los angeles. 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. ♪ nationwi