i'm tavis smiley. tonight a conversation with peter yarrow, and noel paul stookey, the two survivors of peter, paul and mary. we talk about their book. we're glad you could join us. a conversation about the life and legacy of peter, paul and mary, coming up right now. ♪ ♪ >>> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >>> ever since the early '60s, peter, paul and mary have been at the crossroads of political action and they have the authors of peter, paul and mary, and it contains many never-before-seen photos. let's take a look at them singing during the civil rights movement, you guessed it, "blowin' in the wind." ♪ is blowin' in the wind ♪ the answer is blowin' in the wind ♪ ♪ the answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind ♪ >> i don't care how many times i hear that, how many different ways or versions of it i hear, talking about the trio singing it. it never gets old. it never gets old to my ears. does it get old to you when you're asked to perform it? >> not only

>>> good evening from los angeles, i'm tavis smiley. tonight a conversation with herby 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. herby hancock has just wrictte " "herby hancock: possibilities," which traces his childhood in chicago to his collaboration with miles dave toys his commitment to budapest -- davis to his commitment to buddhism. a conversation with the incomparable hershby hancock coming up right now. ♪ ♪ >>> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪dczñ >>> herby hancock has embraced just about every musical genre possible from jazz to fusion to funk to hip-hop. now after more than 50 years as a musician and composer, he's considered one of the towering forces in american music with 14 grammy awards and, of course, a lifetime achievement honor from the jazz foundation of america. he's now written finally a new memoir. it's

i'm tavis smiley. tonight a conversation with oscar winner anjelica huston about her latest "watch me: a memoir" taking up about her previous memoir about her childhood left off. a candid look at her career, life, and including a highly pa lub sized life with jack nishgalson and her husband robert. a candid interview with anjelica huston coming up right now. ♪ >>> and by contributions to your pbs station, from viewers like you. thank you.7g ♪ >>> so just about a year ago anjelica huston was in this very chair talking about her first memoir of hur childhood in london called "a story lately told." at that time, she let us know she was writing more about her life -- ip asked her could come back when that book was done and she agreed. since then we hung out in new york city and now is back to join us in l.a. with the new wook damed "watch me: a memoir" and i am honored to have her back on this program. you kept your word and thank you for doing that. >> thank you, travis. my pleasure. >> i could do three,

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more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. >>> hi, i'm tavis smiley.in me next time for "nightcrawler." that's next time. we'll see you then. >> charlie: well come to the program. we begin this evening with a new feature on our nightly edition, asking the best journalist we know to come and contribute as contributors, whether an interview or story, and we begin where we should, with al hunt of bloomberg view. tonight, secretary of state john kerry. >> let me use this program to deliver a very clear message to the iranians which is this is not a political decision for us. this is a substantive decision based on the proof of a peaceful program. it's not hard to prove your program is peaceful if that's what you want to do. so outside leverage, you know,

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i'm tavis smiley. tonight a conversation with joni mitchell. she just released 53 song collection. we're glad you joined us. a rare conversation with joni mitchell. coming up right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> joni mitchell is one of the top ranked talents the contemporary music. i appoint them to look at her new four disk collection of her 53 remarkable songs remastered and reimaged called love has many faces. before we start our conversation we take a look and tribute to her. she wrote this song when she was just 21. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ don't give yourself away ♪ ♪ i really don't know love ♪ i really don't know love at all ♪ ♪ >>> joni, 21. you've been prolific a long time. >> yeah. there's a trumpet player named ambros who's new on the jazz seen. he said joni, how do you it. >> i said what. >> he says, how did you do it, 21, whatever. i says, i don't know. you know, i was under contract. i had to deliver. this is some kind of duty. >> there are a whole lot of folk on contract who haven't put out the stuff you've put out for all of these years. >> you do say first in this book. i want to jump in. can i ju

they disagree with what tavis smiley said.to be coming out in higher numbers. >> y'all agree on that one, not so sure about this. large number of early voters making their voices heard, 16.4 million ballots already cast in 31 states. several key states, more people are voting than ever before. look at colorado, republican republicans an 8-point lead with 45% of the vote according to the "new york times." early votes in north carolina have democrats leading by nearly 16 points. they have 47.6% of the votes. go good news for republicans this year in colorado. >> in colorado, you completely vote by mail in colorado, these polls are kind of hard to predict, we don't know what we are dealing with here. places like north carolina, absolutely right. the democrats have spent the past few cycles building a amazing ground game and that includes an amazing vote by mail program. i'm involved in some elements of that, certainly people like me are involved in other elements of it. >> okay. >> to this extent, something the democratic party i

. >>> hi, i'm tavis smiley.t time for a conversation with oscar and emmy winner tommy lee jones about his movie "the homesman." that's next time. see you then. ♪ >>> and by characteristics to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to the program. we begin this evening with the mayor of london, boris johnson. he's written a new book called the churchill factor: how one man-made history. >> what he thought was that britain and america, with american firmly in the lead, represented values, ideas of freedom and democracy, free speech, independent judiciary, habbuous corpus, whatever, that were incredibly important. and that were actually peculiar to those english-speaking cultures. he thought. this was his-- and actually there's a lot of truth in that.a those ideas are not banal, they're not trit, and they are not up contested. there are many parts of the world including china or russia or wherever

. >>> hi, i'm tavis smiley.t time for a conversation with oscar and emmy winner tommy lee jones about his movie "the homesman." that's next time. see you then. ♪ >>> and by characteristics to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> the following kqed production was produced in high definition. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> and their buns are something i have yet to find anywhere else. >> i'm not inviting you to my house for dinner. >> breaded and fried and gooey and lovely. >> in the words of arnold schwarzenegger, i'll be back. >> you've heard of a connoisseur? i'm a common sewer.

i'm tavis smiley. her latest movie is called "nightcrawler" and it takes us into the murky world of local television news where violence and crime win the ratings race. we're glad you joined us. our conversation with rene renee russeau coming upright now.>= >> renee russeau and one of my all-time favorites, i was just telling her, k"the thomas crown affair" is one of my favorites. "nightcrawler, still, sadly, rules the air waves. the film was written and drekted by her husband. first, a look at a scene from "nightcrawler" street vid i don't go fer just what she wants from the video. >> we find our viewers are more interested in urban crime, creeping into the suburbs. what that means is the victim, or victims, preferably well-off, white, injured a minority. accidents, planes, cars, busses. >> well, graphic. to capture the spirit of what we air and think of our newscast as a screaming woman running down the street. >> i understand. so while that clip was running, a lot of great people in the film. and y

[applause] >> coming up next, q&a with tavis smiley. your calls and comments on washington journal. >> c-span veterans day coverage begins tuesday morning at 8:30 a.m. eastern with an interview with american legion executive director. at 10:00, the annual uso gala. we are live at 11:00 from arlington national cemetery. >> the house republican conference will hold leadership on friday. begins on thursday and continues into next week. you can watch live house coverage on c-span and the senate on c-span 2. ♪ >> this week on "q&a," our guest is tavis smiley, out with his new was the book "death of a king: the real story of dr. martin luther king jr.'s final year." it explores the tumultuous and difficult final year of dr. king's life as he clashed with the press, the president, and leaders of the civil rights movement. >> tavis smiley, your book, "death of the king," it says there is a story hidden about mr. king. what is it? >> from april 1967 to april 1968, it shifted against him because of his opposition to the vietnam war. i have seen t

a with tavis smiley followed by prime minister's questions. talks former congressman about the midterm election results. >> this week on "q&a," our guest is tavis smiley, out with his new was the book "death of a king: the real story of dr. martin luther king jr.'s final year." it explores the tumultuous and difficult finally dear dr. king's life as he clashed with the press, the president, and leaders of the civil rights movement. book,is smiley, your saysh of the king," it there is a story hidden about mr. king. what is it? april 1867 and april 1968, it shifted against him because of his opposition to the vietnam war. i have seen three biographers on here before. without the heavy lifting by the historians, i cannot have written a death of a king. no one has ever focused on the text. they have not focused on the last year of his life april 4, 68 one year to0 the date. what is the last year like? how does he navigate? how is america treating him? he left five years after i have a dream. he involved in the five-year period. into the back, you

i'm tavis smiley. tonight a conversation with cristina saralegui. her new book, "rise up and shine", is now out. this cuban-born broadcaster was a host on univision. we are glad to have you join us on a conversation with cristina saraleg, coming up right now. ♪ >>> and by contributions to your pbs station, from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >>> for more than 21 years, cristina saralegui was the host and producer of a show on univision. it became a ratings powerhouse. now cristina has written a new memoir, called "rise up and shine." there's so much to talk to you about. let he talk to you about something i'm passionate about. >> okay. >> and sometimes when you host your own show you can talk about what you want to talk about. but i've always been so impressed by the fact that for most of these 21 years when you were hosting your show, you owned and controlled everything. now we know that oprah is the quintessential example of what it means to own your own content. i've been fortunate here at pbs to do the same thing myself. i own it, pbs distribute

. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. >> hi, i'm tavis smiley.oin me next time for a conversation with blues guitarist kenny wayne shepherd about going home. we'll see you then. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be m >>> next on kqed newsroom. >> you can come out of the shadows and get right with the law. >> president obama goes it alone on immigration reform. how will the executive order affect california's undocumented immigrants? janet napolitano has tax hikes, amid objections from governor brown and students. >> this is the premier university in the world, and you can only cut research, factuality, et cetera and keep the reputation. >>> the first republican to win a legislative seat in three years, catharine baker lays out her priorities.

. ♪ >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. >>> hi, i'm tavis smiley.ing me next time for a conversation with felicity jones. that's next time, see you then. >>> made possible by viewers like you. thank you. >>> and their buns are something i have yet to find anywhere else. >> 'cause i'm not inviting you to my house for dinner. >> breaded and fried and gooey and lovely. >> in the words of arnold schwarzenegger, i'll be back! >> you've heard of connoisseur, i'm a common-sewer! >> they knew i had to ward off some vampires or something. >> let's talk desserts gentlemen, 'cause i se

. ♪ >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. >>> hi, i'm tavis smiley.ing me next time for a conversation with felicity jones. that's next time, see you then. >>> made possible by viewers like you. thank you. >> rose: welcome to the program. we begin this evening with a reporting by "the wall street journal" reporters jay solomon and carol e. lee that president o billiona has sent a letter to the ayatollah of iran looking at connections between iranian nuclear negotiations and the fight against isil. >> well, i think the letter strikes me two things about it struck me. and one is the timing of it really underscores how much this president wants a deal with iran. it is his top foreign policy priority. he's staring down just two years left in office. this is something he very, very much wants. the second is that the fact that he sent this letter is, it stems from the fact that the white house knows that if a deal is going to be cut, it's totally depends on the supreme leader. that that is the person who

i'm tavis smiley. a conversation with one of the greatest hitmaker of all time, smoky robinson. his c.d. is "smokey and friends." rei-imagining some of his most iconic songs with steven tyler, sheryl crow, elton john, and ja james taylor. glad you joined us. a conversation with william "smokey" robinson coming up right now. ♪ >>> and by contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >>> listing smokey robinson's accomplishments from multiple grammy wins to his songwriting talents to his induction into just about every hall of fame the music industry has would take all night. suffice it to say that the great william "smokey" robinson his a new c.d. equal dmpd. called "sm friends," that include sheryl crow, elton john, mary j. blige. my friend, let's take a look. ♪ ♪ if you want it you got it forever ♪ ♪ not a one-night stand not a one-night stand ♪ ♪ there's a good look at my face you say my smile looks out of place ♪ >> it's an understatement to say that your music is appreciated by people all over the world. people with different musical taste, different mu

>>> good evening from los angeles, i'm tavis smiley. tonight a conversation with nate parker and the director of columbia university's lab on intergroup relations about the role the media plays in perpetuating conscious and unconscious bias in this country. particularly when it comes to young black men. bias that too often results in deadly violence that negates the humanity inherent in all of us. we're glad you've joined us. that conversation coming up right now. ♪ ♪ >>> and by characteristics to your pb -- contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >>> the aftermath of the shooting of michael brown in missouri ton point out how far apart many in this country still are when it comes to acknowledging bias. taking a deep dive into this conversation. columbia'suxq director of psychology of implicit bias and actor nate parker, who can be seen in "beyond the lights" which opens november 12th. he's also written and directed a psa that looks at how bias can have calamitous results. a white cop opens fire on a group o

i'm tavis smiley. first a conversation with author and the atlantic correspondent eric liu about his bottle, "a chinaman's chance: one family's journey and american dream." a tone with exploration of identity particular low for first-generation americans. and then a conversation with actress felicity jones, receiving outstanding reviews in her movie "the chronicle of everything," a love story between jane and steven hawk, a brilliant astrophysicist whose diagnosis of als nearly derailed his life. we're glad you joined us. those conversations coming up right now. ♪ ♪ >>> and by characteristics to your pbs -- contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >>> the immigrant experience continues to define this nation, prompting us you to examine again and again what it means to be an american. eric liu, author of several texts on the asian american experience has written a tone, "a chinaman's chance: one family's journey into the american dream," talking about the conflicts inneernt a

. ♪ >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. >>> hi, i'm tavis smiley.ing me next time for a conversation with felicity jones. that's next time, see you then. >>> made possible by viewers like you. thank you. >>> good evening from los angeles, i'm tavis smiley. first a conversation tonight with matt bai. and the former chief political corespondent for "the new york times" magazine, about his new text, all the truth is out. the week politics went tabloid. it takes a close look at gary hart's 1978 campaign for the presidency. a campaign that was of course derailed when reports of marital infidelity became front page news. and ushered in the era of goch-ya journalism. >>> then we'll turn to a conversation with singer and song writer kandace springs. she has captured the attention of music heavy weights like prince. she was signed to blue note labels. she will close with a song she co-wrote "forbidden truth." that's coming up right now. we're glad you joined us. ♪ >> announcer: and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. sneak.

i'm tavis smiley tonight our conversation with the ircomparable al jarreau. a seven time grammy winner has reached number one on the billboard jazz charts. the album pays tribute to the wonderful artist coming back over almost 50 years. a celebration coming up with al jarreau, coming up now. and by contributions to our pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> seven time grammy winner al jarreau is with us. at the heart of the cd called my old friend celebrating to the arti artistry duke whom they shared magical moments over their 50 year friendship including the love and friendship with duke. let's take listen. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i want to hear kind of song they don't play anymore ♪ ♪ if they play it, we can endure ♪ ♪ >> what i wouldn't have given just to have been in that studio. i saw stanleystanley. george was quite an artist. take me back to the beginnings of your friendship. >> there's a george called al jarreau and george duke live at the half note. 1965. my wife would say bc, bc. don't forget to add that. we were there in the hate ashburry. pe

with television host and author, tavis smiley. then david cameron took questions from members of the house of commons. and later congressmen talk about midterm election results. >> this week on "q&a," our guest is tavis smiley, out with his new was the book "death of a king: the real story of dr. martin luther king jr.'s final year." it explores the tumultuous and difficult final year of dr. king's life as he clashed with the press, the president, and leaders of the civil rights movement. >> tavmi

i'm tavis smiley. tonight a koconversation with my j. blige with her new album entitled the london sessions. the billboard calls the album superb. we're glad you're joining us for this conversation coming up now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> mary j. blige has nine grammy awards and 31 nominati s nominations. she spent part of this summer in london recording her latest cd entitled appropriately enough, the london sessions. before we start our conversations we start with the making of the london sessions. ♪ ♪ we can't give up to easy ♪ >> what's up london. how are you doing? it's mary j. blige in the house. [ applause ] ♪ ♪ >> the people love you in london and there ain't nothing you can do about it. >> i love london. >> yeah, i mean, it's one of my favorite places. has always been. >> why one of your favorite places? >> well, because, i mean, they embrace the artists. they love the artists and they love sole music. there's so much freedom. >> when you say freedom do you mean freedom artistically? >> tell me more. >> well, just what you said now. they apprec

i'm tavis smiley. tonight a conversation with musician dave koz about his latest titled 25th of december. with some of his friends, namely, johnny mathis, stevie wonder, jonathan butler. whoo, he will close our show tonight with two classic christmas carols to get us in the holiday mood. we're glad you've joined us. ♪ >>> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >>> always a pleasure and a delight to welcome multiple grammy nominee, and most importantly, my friend, dave koz back do the program. his latest christmas album is titled "25th of december." he will close our show tonight, thankfully, with two performances, a solo of "the first noel", and a duet with jonathan butler. you'll love this "o holy night." >> it's my honor, we're all fots. >> jonathan has been here since the walk of fame star thing, so for those who may not know, i got -- good year for me. >> come on. >> let's talk about that day. that was one of the great days in hollywood. and you were in your el

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for george bush, that this election will function as a rebuke of the president. >> schieffer: tavis smileyst everybody you talk to says that in every race, at least those of these races, a big black turn out is going to be key for the democrats. my sense is that president obama may also have some problems with african americans. >> well, bill clinton, we all know that elections are always about the future, they are. but how you feel about the future is linked to how you feel about the way you're being treated or mistreated in the present. i said a couple weeks ago on national television, i stand by it, that there is nothing to inspire african americans to turn out in huge numbers, nothing to inspire hispanics to turn out in huge numbers, you have double the national unemployment average, you have doubled that inside the african american community, tripled in some sectors. a highway in to poverty but barely a sidewalk out. if you are hispanic you can't get one of your central issues on the table in immigration reform. they come to you, election day first responders, they send out the sos we

. ♪ ♪ ♪ for more on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. >> join me next time for a conversationtion of 53 of her songs. that's next time. we'll see you then. >> rose: welcome to the program. we begin this evening look, at the incidents in ferguson, missouri, and the decision by the grand jury not to indict. we talk to michelle miller of cbs news. jeff toobin of cnn. and jelanie cobb of the "new yorker" magazine. >> the head of the missouri state highway patrol said last night was a disaster, his words. he mentions the fact that, one, he hopes to never see that kind of response again, and certainly not tonight. the mayor of ferguson has said that the national guard troops, those that-- who had been activated by governor jay nixon, the deployment here was woeful. he expected far more national guardsmen to be out in force. f

i'm tavi smiley, tonight a conversation with tommy lee jones. he now co-stars with hilary swank in a movie called "the homesman." it is set against the harsh realities of the frontier. making it a frontrunner. we're glad for you to join us with a conversation with tommy lee jones coming up right now. ♪ ♪ >>> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >>> movies about the frontier have served as a way to deal with some more aspects. the movie co-stars hilary swank and tells the story of a woman who enlists the help of a drifter as she escorts some women to safety. the movie opens tomorrow. >>> oh. >> are you an angel? >> you're not dead. >> help me. will you help me? for god's sake? >> suppose i do? what will you do for me? >> anything, anything, as god is my witness. >> if i cut you down, will you do what i tell you to. >> oh, yes i will, swear to god. >> swear to that almighty god that you've been talking about? >> vengeance is mine, sayeth the lord, bringing in the sheaves, and do unto others, and if you cut m

. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. >> join me next time for arsation with actress and director. that's next time. we'll see you then.p >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> charlie: welcome to the program. we begin this evening's immigration reform and the president's speech last night. i talked earlier this evening with john dickerson, the political director at cbs news. >> on the republican side, this is a big opportunity for all republicans who want to run for president to define themselves on an issue that the grassroots cares a great deal about, and it's both a substantive question -- how do you want to handle undocumented workers -- but then there's also a tactical question -- in other words, you can have a position that is very tough on undocumented workers but suggests restraint in combat with the president, keeping in mind some of these political realities. and how the candidates of 2016 position themselves in this argument will tell us a lot about which bucket of conservative voters they're go

i'm tavis smiley. tonight a conversation with musician dave koz about his latest titled 25th of december. with some of his friends, namely, johnny mathis, stevie wonder, jonathan butler. whoo, he will close our show tonight with two classic christmas carols to get us in the holiday mood. we're glad you've joined us. ♪

. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. >> join me next time for arsation with actress and director. that's next time. we'll see you then.p >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. narrator: coming up on "quest" -- a nasa rover looks for signs of ancient life on mars. [ all cheering ] mckay: we know it had water. it had rivers, lakes, maybe even an ocean. narrator: a search for clues about a mysterious disease killing millions of starfish. the surprising health benefits from eating dark chocolate. and a mission to uncover the amazing secrets of the spider web. next on "quest." announcer: support for "quest" is provided by...

. >>> good evening from los angeles, i'm tavis smiley.onight a conversation with nate parker and the director of columbia university's lab on intergroup relations about the role the media plays in perpetuating conscious and unconscious bias in this country. particularly when it comes to young black men. bias that too often results in deadly violence that negates the humanity inherent in all of us. we're glad you've joined us. that conversation coming up right now. ♪

i'm tavis smiley. latest movie is called "nightcrawler" and it takes us into the murky world of local television news where violence and crime win the ratings race. we're glad you joined us. our conversation with rene renee russeau coming upright now.

conversation with tavis smiley on q&a. >> this week on newsmakers we are joined by bernie sanders from vermont. we have editor and chief of the hill. go ahead with the first question. >> the democrats lost control of the senate. why is that? must you blame president obama? well, i did hear about that. things, it means i will not become chairman in the new session of the veterans affairs committee. i think what the republicans did the while not good for country, politically very smart. what they said to the american people is, are you happy with what's going on in our country today in terms of the economy. the overwhelming majority are not happy. i not happy. our middle class has been collapsing. real unemployment is close to 12%. youth unemployment is 20%. college is unaffordable for middle-class families. the gap between the very rich and everybody else has grown wider. 95% of all new income is going to people on top. said that the problem is barack obama. any senator who has worked with barack obama is terrible. we have to throw him out. with a very low turnout. in vermont, voter tur