from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. first of, the president and ceo of the national urban league, marc morial. for the first time, they included hispanics in their findings -- first up, the president o. also tonight, actress anna torv, who can be seen and a much talked-about new series, "pacific." marc morial and actress anna torv, 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 are looking forward to helping you 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 by viewers like you. to pbs stations. thank you. tavis: marc morial is president and ceo of the urban league. this year's report included findings about the latino community, as well. marc morial j

from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. a first tonight, sandy levin, a person who holds the position vacated by charlie rangel, often considered a post to be the most powerful in washington. also tonight, a conversation with acclaimed writer and producer david simon, who created shows like "homicide" and "the wire." he has a new show, "treme." that is 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 are looking forward to helping you 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 pbs stations by viewers like you. thank you. tavis: congressman sandy levin is serving his 14th term in the house from michigan and joins us tonight from capitol hill. congressma

from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. first tonight, our conversation with best-selling author david shenk on his new book "the genius in all of us." he concludes each one of us can become a gifted and our own unique way. also tonight, singer-songwriter jakob dylan is here. he is about to release his second solo project called "women and country," produced by t-bone burnett. that is coming up right now. >> there are so many things that walmart 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 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: david shenk is a best- selling author whose previous books include t

i'm tavis smiley. first up tonight, a conversation with acclaimed novelist ian mcewan, the author of award-winning books like "atonement" is out now with a book called "solar" about the ongoing debate of climate change and also actor timothy olyphant start is here with the critically acclaimed series "justified." ian eend timothy olyphant coming up right -- ian mcewan and timothy olyphant 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 you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] >> ian mcewan is an award

from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. first tonight, our conversation with father greg boyle on his remarkable work reforming gang members. in 1988 he started a gang intervention program called omoleye industries that became a model for gang rehabilitation around the nation. his book is called "tattoos of the heart." actress kim raver is here. she is part of the cast of the very popular hospital drama "grey's anatomy." she began her acting career right here on pbs as a cast member on "sesame street." that is coming up right now. >> there are so many things that walmart 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 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.

i'm tavis smiley. first up tonight, a conversation with the newly elected mayor of new orleans, mitch landrieu. the louisiana lieutenant governor and brother of u.s. senator mary landrieu will be snorn as mayor. also acclaimed poet sonia sanchez is here. april is national poet's month. she is out with her first book of poetry in a decade. we're glad you have joined us. mitch landrieu and sonia sanchez 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 you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] >> on may 3,

tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time with former "deadwood" star timothy olyphant on his new series "justified." that's next time. we'll see you then. >> 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 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 from viewers like you. thank you.

i am tavis smiley. today we talk with jerry weintraub. his career has spanned five decades and is the subject of the new memoir, "when i stop talking, you'l know i'm dead." >> there are so many things wal- mart is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better, but mostly, we're the team for into building stronger communities and relationships, -- we are looking forward to building stronger communities and relationships, because the best is yet to come. >> chavis and nationwide insurance, working to promote literacy and the empowerment that comes with it. >> the u.s. census can make your voice heard. your community can benefit from federal funds. we cannot move forward until you mail your spec. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. ♪ [captioning made possible by kcet public television] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> please welcome jerry weintraub, the legendary movie producer and music manager. he has just released an acclaimed memoir. it is called "when i stop

tavis smiley and others said that part of that is institutionalized racism. so given those two different numbers, 10% for the average american, 16% for african- americans, how does that relate to this discussion about a racial divide in real terms -- economic terms, material terms? >> i taught english, so i always feel uncomfortable getting into the statistics, but you cannot today not be struck by the numbers, especially if you are involved in education. behind the statistics, those who were punished the most in this terrible economy are those who have the least education. this is an unusual recession in that it is a recession work the college-educated have been harmed. typically it is about half what the unemployment rate would be for non-college educated. interestingly, though, african- american males with a college education have a significantly higher unemployment rate than white males with a college education. so you could argue -- and i think rightly so, perhaps -- that there is a racial dimension here. they are being punished not because of lack of ed

. >> nationwide insurance probably supports tavis smiley. working to improve financial 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] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> david fromm is a former speech writer for george bush. his most recent book is called "come back." is now out in paperback. david joins us tonight from washington. good to have you on the program. i will give you a choice. do you want to start at the top or the bottom. good >> let's get it off the table. >> what happened? >> on sunday i posted an essay on my web site saying that what happened with the republican position on the health care bill was a catastrophe, but republicans tried to defeat the bill, failed to do so, and missed the chance to shape the bill, so you not only had a political defeat but a bill that was much worse than the one i believe could have been negotiated for, so this piece of a

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it has gotten to the point where i am upset with tavis smiley. let's support obama. let's support what he is doing. there is a lot of stuff that has not made us look too good lately. i want to say that i support obama. finally, he is doing something. for the people that are against obama, let's look at it. why were you not against george bush? host: kathy. caller: good morning. i was a democrat. i am now an independent. i want to say that this will kill the democratic party. they are planning a defensive in can heart. i am telling you. i have had it with him. i have had it with mr. obama. i have had it. a lot of people by now have had it with all of these wars. host: is that what you're hearing from the constituents? caller: i am de -- i am a county committeewoman. it goes on and on. we are war-weary. i have a friend that is an independent. he voted for obama, too. i want my vote back. host: we will leave it there. "usa today" this morning -- host: birmingham, alabama and our line for republicans. go ahead. see, my name is tiny. i may republican. -- my name is connie

a couple of weeks ago in chicago, tavis smiley had another one of his events and an old friend of yours, cornell west, was on there. i am going to run a little bit of what he's setting get you to react to it. ? in the age of obama, there is a lot of confusion. to have a black face in a high place easily leads us to forget so many people stuck in the basement of the house. we get obsessed with the breaking through what the top and we forget about the least of these, so we put pressure on our brother, loving pressure, but we already see that any president is under tremendous pressures from the strong, the oligarchs, various people at the top that could easily push obama in such a way that he tilts too much toward the strong and does not focus the way he fought on the week, on the port, on working people. that is why we are here today. [applause] we don't have asked permission from anybody to talk about black suffering and blacks misery. we love who we want to love. and we love other folk whether they love us or not. >> what you think? -- what do you think? >> that's kind of what he normal