tavis: good evening. from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. tonight, a conversation with elisabeth moss. the "mad men" actress started a new series called "top of the lake" from jane campion, from "the piano," but before the go to elisabeth moss, we will continue to introduce to you some of our staff. joining me now, lucas mcdaniel. he started as an intern while getting his degree. he is an accomplished photographer and is now our production assistant. lucas, we are glad to have you. >> thank you. it is a pleasure to work on a program that gives the independent filmmakers, artists, and writers a voice, as well. tavis: we are honored to have you on the program, so tonight, you get to open the show. >> the conversation went elisabeth moss, coming up right now. -- with her. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminate hunger, and we have a lot of work to do. walmart commi

tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley.oin me next time for a conversation with a man who is tackling one of the toughest jobs in america. that is next time. we will see you then. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminate hunger and we have work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more. pbs. >> be more. pbs. >> be more. pbs.

tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. with theext time for a ..c. central kitchen founder >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminate hunger, and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. yourd by contributions to pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more.

tavis: good evening. smiley. -- i am tavis smiley. tonight a conversation with michael shifter, president of the inter-american dialogue. then paul krugman in the wake of record-breaking week on wall street. we're glad you joined us. both conversations coming up right now. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only about halfway to completely eliminate work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. yourd by contributions to pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: venezuelan president hugo chavez was called a hero and a tyrant. he used his vast oil reserves to benefit the poorest citizens but he infuriated many when he ridiculed george jenna bush in an infamous speech at the un and staunchly stood by raul castro and president ahmadinejad. i met him in venezuela after that speech after he denounced president

tavis: good evening. from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. tonight, a conversation with snoop lion, who we might know better as rapper snoop dog. he is the subject of a new documentary entitled "reincarnated," which chronicles his travel to jamaica to record a new cd and the transformational experience while he was there. we are glad to be joined with 16-time grammy nominee snoop lion about how reggae and a new appreciation of family and friends are remaking his life. that conversation starts right now. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminate hunger, and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: there is an old adage that says that who you work is not what -- is not who you have to be. th

tavis: good evening. from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. tonight, a conversation with emmy nominated producer and writer david steinberg. his show on showtime, entitled "inside comedy," has some of the biggest names, but p4p get to that conversation, i want to get to something we started last week on the program. we are now in our 10th season, on pbs, and we thought this was a good time to introduce you to some of the staff that makes this show possible. joining me now is my friend jerry hernandez. he started as an intern three years ago and is now our production coordinator, and i am proud to say he is about to get his mfa, master of fine arts, go trojans. >> i want to say how grateful i am to be a part of a show that reaches out to young students and young voices and allows them the opportunity to contribute to a meaningful production like this one. tavis: we are glad to have you on. >> we are glad you could join us tonight for a conversation with conversation david steinberg, coming up. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said th

tavis: good evening. from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. conversation about the criminalization of america's kids and unintended consequences of a zero tolerance with the man in charge of the second-largest school district in the nation, dr. john deasy. we are glad you have joined us for a conversation on how to break the school-to-prison pipeline, coming up right now. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminate hunger, and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: over the past few years on this program, i have been taking an in-depth look at some of the challenges facing america's education system. no issue has troubled me as much as the current rush to incarcerate kids, some as little as

tavis: good evening. from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. tonight, a conversation with the chair and president and editor in chief of the huffington post, are arianna huffington, on the status of women around the globe. march is women's history month. despite enormous social and economic gains, women in many countries struggle to have access to education and the rights in this country. the debate over women in the workplace is once again making headlines. we are glad you could join us for a conversation with the always provocative mariana huffington, coming at you right now. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminate hunger, and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: march is women's his

tavis: good evening. from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. our guest is bruce feiler. we are glad you joined us. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is right thing. i try to live my life every day we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminating hunger and we have work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: has written -- bruce feiler survived a bout with cancer. it made him investigate what happiness means. he writes about that in his new book. is called "the secrets of happy families." eat smarter, fight smarter. that helps. hungry righti am about now. it was good to have you back. how are you feeling? that cancer about scared a lot of your friends. >> and has been five years since my diagnosis. i am walking. start i thought i would thesking your take on runaway success of this and bible series. is it the history channel? the numbers are off the charts because you have written about it now in the past. what is

tavis: good evening, from los angeles, i'm tavis smiley. tonight on the eve of president obama's trip to israel, a conferring with the former u.s. ambassador to that country martin indyk. the stakes are high. the question on the table can the president restart the middle east peace effort that eludes the region. conversation with martin indyk coming up right now. >> there's a saying that dr. king had, he said it's always the right time to do the right thing. i try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we're only halfway to completely eliminate hunger and we have a lot of work to do. wal-mart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and my contribution to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: when president obama touches down in israel on wednesday, he'll bring with him a full agenda. first, there is the expectation that meaningful peace talks between the israelis and palestinians can be restarted. with the new secretary of state john k

tavis: good evening. from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. united conversation with sheila bair about -- tonight a conversation with sheila bair about deep budget cuts that went into affect this weekend. debate is raging in the country. we will try to make sense about what this means for you. we are glad you joined us. a conversation with sheila bair is coming up right now. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is right thing. by doing the right thing. to completely eliminating hunger and we have work to do. fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: is no stranger to the budget battles of have dominated washington politics. she was head of fdic and champion homeowners during the worst early days of the ongoing economic recession. sheila bair has been looking at the mandated $85 billion cuts and assessing the impact on our country's fragile recovery, which is not much of recovery for so many citizens. sheila bai

we are live from the tavis cup down in orlando florida. some of the pga best along with some of the wall street's big hitt hitters. over the next hour we are talking with todd wagner, along with mark cuban, sold comcast.com to yahoo! in 1999. also talking markets with citi private banks ahead of investments. first, the story of the day and that is the markets reacting to the deal in cyprus. steve drag driving down to florida here with me alongside paul richards as well, our friend from ubs. paul, he me get your reaction as we watch how the markets are reacting to this deal in cyprus. how should we be thinking about it? >> scott, i like the deal. i saw it last night. i think the eu blinked on the fact that 100,000 deposit insurance had to be insured and they did that. everything was fine. what did he say? this could be the template for things going forward. investors don't like uncertainty and he just gave us uncertainty. i don't think like what they did. right now we've got uncertainty. >> we saw a turn in the market on those comments not

azana the tavis and stored in all sports. in annual dog sled race.e shoes humans and dogs to the limit. it took more than eight days to complete the journey. >> so begins one of the more grueling sporting events in the world. this is a 1600 come into --, enter trick. the man is called a musher, meaning "to go." the first official race was 41 years ago. it is growing to national profile has led to increased competition with a new record set almost every year. some say global warming has come into play. >> competed in 26 races. he says the snow has a huge impact. >> when it softens up it reduces the speed. and makes them more lethargic. sled dogs really operates at 25 below zero. >> these have been huskies are the original dog. all deadlines -- alt -- old bloodline suited for the conditions. 20 years ago they started

a majority into elected president if the situation came to that now there will be no a burial for tavis he is a body is to go on permanent public display and he's now he looks at the tradition of turning late leaders into lasting symbols. many controversal figures live on after their deaths through legacy but for a handful that's not enough for those they leave behind lines still form on red square here in moscow at lennon's muslim where the former soviet leader has lived in bomb since the twenty's there are still movements and debates today pushing for the tomb to be dismantled and lenin laid to rest stalin was also involved in actually laid next to london for eight years but the communist party congress decided to remove his body and bury him outside the kremlin walls there's a clear communist trend here china of mao zedong is still on display in tiananmen square though he did sign a proposal that calls for all leaders to be cremated ten years before his own death he was embalmed though in one nine hundred seventy six min is on display in hanoi vietnam despite his wish to be cremated

the body often as well as late president in good tavis will be embalmed and put on public display after a funeral processions on friday his body is lying in state at a military academy in caracas with huge crowds lining up to pay their respects using fallon the produce of a largely is roughly video agency is at the. i'm standing near the military academy where the late president hugo chavez's body is on display in a half open casket and literally hundreds of thousands of people with him to new hour of the hour to stream aims to pay their last respects shows now the media here is obviously very somber but as you can hear also people here celebrate a man who they say not only gave them a voice but also gave them the opportunity to participate in a society which prior to chavez coming to power in one thousand nine hundred nine was one of the most unequal in the world in terms of the divide between rich and poor and the people here today are very much from the poorest parts of venezuela the poorest parts of the cities known as the barrios and also from the countryside and today they say the

tavis smiley was to go to haiti the next day to interview the president on sunday, february 29th.my wife, who was working for haiti at the time along with a former congressman, was making the arrangements for tavis' trip. tavis called to say the trip is off, that ron just called me to say that he had just spoken to secretary of state powell and that colin powell had said that, that the thugs, the rebels were coming to port-au-prince the next day on sunday to kill the president. and the rebel head, a fellow named guy philippe, had already said that he was going to do that. sunday, the 29th of february, was his birthday, and he planned to kill the president on his birthday. that's what powell told ron dellums, and he also told that we'll do nothing to protect the president or defend him. the president's security agents steele foundation from the west coast had already checked to see if the u.s. would do anything to defend the embassy to help them control the rebels. the u.s. said they would not. the president was all alone. the president's helicopter pilot had flown up to the north

tavis, good morning. >> how you doing? >> good. on tv ads. do they have the product? >> i think it's going to be a great product. but i think there's just very little in terms of differentiation that you can still do on hardware in the space. the smartphone space is starting to be like the laptop space in terms of the degrees of differences and the hardware gets less and less. i don't expect a lot of new bells and whistles. it will have a better processer, better screen, better camera. but there's a little to what you can do. i think we're kind of there. >> do you think that will be true for the foreseeable future? are there leaps technology still has to make to make a smartphone different? >> the next week would be really bendable screens, to the degree to which consumers would like that or how you would incorporate that into a smart phone is would be interesting. but that's probably kind of 2014 at the earliest. >> so it sounds like this is not the threat to apple that some talk about. >> there was obviously a lot of disapointmen

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tavis the plan plan to address this misconception given the drop in asset prices -- how does this plan to address the misconception given the drop in asset prices? >> our asset purchases are continually adding accommodation as long as we engage in them. it is as though we are putting more and more accommodation into the system. the level of accommodation is increasing as long as those purchases continue. the fomc has made it very clear. let me try to emphasize again my own view that once accommodation has peaked, when asset purchases come to an end, think of it as a level of accommodation has no now risen and pete. it the intention is to leave that in place until well into the recovery. quantitative threshold we have offered with respect to the federal funds rate should make it completely clear that as long as inflation is well be hated the committee has no intention of beginning to raise its target to the federal funds rate until unemployment is declines to 6.5%. when that is reached, that is not a trigger. it is a threshold for possible action and not a guarantee that action will occ