i am tavis smiley. this is "america's next chapter. i am joined by a terrific panel including david brody, maria teresa kumar, dana milbank, arianna huffington, maria bartiromo, cornel west, david frum, and john s. chen. we are glad you have joined us. coming up now. [applause] >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference -- >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversation at a time. 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] [applause] tavis: hu jintao is on his way to the usa. what's to we expect our government to get for us out of those conversations? what ought to be bringing back to is when the summit

from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. first tonight, reaction to the president's state of the union address and a look ahead to the 2012 race for president. charlie crist is one of the most high-profile independence and american politics. also tonight, unique looked at the decline of american manufacturing as told by paul clemens. the detroit native spent a year in an automobile plant that was in the process of closing down for his latest text, "punching out." charlie crist and journalist paul clemens, right now. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i'm james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide insurance is happy to help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possibl

from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. first up tonight, our conversation with a rock legend gramm nash. he is out with a new product of rock photography featuring rare photos of the biggest names in music. it is called "taking aim." also, david the company is here, the latest -- david duchovny is here, with his new series "californication." that is coming up right now. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i'm james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide insurance is happy to help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. 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 our him nash back to the program. the legendary member of crosby, stills, nash, & young is a

today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for our conversation with actor ed o'neill, plus steel magnolia. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i'm james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. 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]

with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis smiley to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to empowerment. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: dr. siddhartha mukherjee is a cancer physician at the columbia university medical center and an assistant professor of medicine at columbia. his text on cancer has become one of the most talked about books on the subject in recent memory. the "new york times" best-seller is called, "the emporer of all maladies," a biography of cancer. dr. mukherjee, thank you for your work and an honor to have you. >> thank you for having me. tavis: i look forward to the day when your work will be irrelevant, upnecessary. >> i do, too. i tell people i want to be out of a job. tavis: that won't happen any time soon, though, unfortunately. >> unfortunately. tavis: why not? >> because cancer is many diseases and we're just beginning to understand what drives this family of diseases, and the second reason is that for many forms of cancer, the problem lies in the vulnerability

as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org tavisin me next time peter bergen with and kim edwards. that is next time. we will see you then. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better. >> 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] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

i'm tavis smiley. this is the third and final night of our conversation about the current and future state of our country called "america's next chapter." our thanks to nationwide for helping to make this event possible. i'm joined here by a terrific panel including david brody of the christian broadcasting network, maria teresa kumar, dana milbank,ianian, maria bartiromo, cornel west, david frum and john chen. we're glad you have joined us for the final fight of our conversation, "america's next chapter," coming up right now. [applause] >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference -- >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide is proud to join tavis 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 viewe

i'm tavis smiley. with so much focused on the economy and jobs, in tonight's state of the union address, et sometimes hard to believe this country is deep into two wars and one of which is the longest in u.s. history. first up a conversation about the war on terror. nearly 10 years after 9-11 with peter bergen, national security analyst for cnn and author of "the longest war." a conversation with best-selling novelist kim edwards who is out with her first book since her number one "new york times" best seller "the memory keeper's daughter." her latest is called "the lake of dreams." we're glad you've joined us. national security analyst peter bergen and author kim edwards coming up right now. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference -- >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis i

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversation at a time. >> nationwide is on your side >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- tavis: clarence b. jones served as a council and speechwriter for dr. martin luther king, jr.. he is not a scholar in residence at stanford's the milky research institute. his new book is called "behind the dream: the making of the speech that transformed a nation." good to have you back on this program. >> thank you. tavis: what is it about this speech we seem to know everything about, have heard everything over and over again, that you can tell us? >> i think the most important thing i can tell you about this speech is that many people believe that this was -- that dr. king gave this speech

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversation at a time. >> 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] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- tavis: please welcome anthony hopkins back to this program. this weekend, his latest movie opens around the country. here are scenes from "the rite." >> the interesting thing about atheists is they are always looking for certainty. the question is, what on earth could we do if we found it? in my experience, there is a total loss of faith. there are months when i do not know whether i believe in god or the double. yet it is something that keeps digging and scraping away inside of me. it seems like gods fingernail -- god's fingernail. i finally can take no more of the pai

fit to be a teacher then so be it. >> sit down. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: join me next time with robert duvall. that's next time. we'll see you then. >> all i know is his name is james and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i'm james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports it was a smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide is happy to improve literacy and working to improve empowerment one person at a time. >> and from contributions from viewers like you. thank you.

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversation at a time. >> 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] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- [applause] tavis: i think i want to start our conversation first with dr. west. i only do this because i was reading some clips of some of his media appearances of late, one in particular, where you were being asked about this conversation. and i thought we were friends. [laughter] in this article, you called this conversation america's next chapter. in the subhead, you talked about how america can return to its greatness. i want to start with the theme before we get into the particulars. we have three hours to drills. but you took exception in the piece i read, my part

. >> 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] [captioning made possible by kcet public television] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- tavis: please welcome dennis miller to dispose program. the star is back on hbo with a new comedy special called "dennis miller: the big speech." here now, a preview of "dennis miller: the big speech." >> what is it with the european model president obama is striving for? we have over 300 million people. we cannot pursue the european model. give bill clinton that. when he said he dug european models, he actually meant european models. you have to respect that. [laughter] tavis: is obama not as good source material as clinton was? >> clinton was a treasure trove. he walked around in a perpetual

from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. tonight, our conversation with former tennis great andre agassi. he created a foundation that created a model charter school in his hometown of vegas. last year, the school graduated its first ever class with every single senior going to college. he now has a best-selling autobiography, "open." his thoughts on the u.s. open and other topics in our conversation, coming up right now. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i'm james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide insurance is happy to help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. 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: always pleased to have andre agassi on the program. he becam

. >> nationwide supports tavis smiley. we are proud to help remove economic illiteracy. nationwide is on your side. >> and from contributions from viewers like you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> always pleased to welcome natalie cole. she has been performing since she was a baby. natalie debuts at disney hall. she is out with a new book about the defense of the last few years including a kidney transplant -- the events of the last few years, including a kidney transplant and the death of her sister. it is nice to see you. >> thank you. tavis: chris started playing really hard when you left. you look great as you always do. when you were here last time, i recall saying to myself, i hope i get a chance to see you. i am thrilled. >> i would say gods still has some stuff for me to do. i did not know i was that close. >> how close were you? >> maybe 8%. my kidney function have less than 8% left. that is how close. tavis: first of all, the title. i love me some d j rogers, and one of my

a difference -- >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversation at a time. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more. >> be more.

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. we are proud to join tavis to remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. >> and i conversations to york pbs stations from viewers like you. -- and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: elizabeth warren is a special assistant to the president and the woman in charge of setting up the new consumer protection bureau. she is also a noted author whose books include "the two income trap." good to have you with us. >> good to be back on this program. tavis: when the announcement was made and the agreement to get the financial package that we would have this consumer protection bureau, i along with many americans thought that you should be the person to run it. having said that, the president chose to put you in charge of setting up the agency. how are we doing so far getting this set up? >> this is really exciting right now. i have spent my whole grown-up life working on economic issues affecting working families. a big part of

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[inaudible conversations] >> tonight, television and radio host tavis smiley hosts a form called "america's next chapter." one of the topics discussed was the recent shooting in tucson. the first example of the answer been found in the problem would be the shooting in tucson and this conversation the country is involved in about stability. tell me how it is that that is the way forward if it requires a heinous act like that to get us to have a conversation about civility. i have heard members of congress for the last week passing themselves on the back and sticking their chests out reminding us that we are no -- not republicans or democrats. we are all americans. we were all americans a week ago before it happened . it can take an act like this to make us realize we are all americans. >> you can see this at 8:00 p.m. eastern and 5:00 p.m. pacific on c-span. tomorrow on "washington journal ," a discussion on the 112th congress and the obama administration. also a discussion of china's president hu jintao's visit to the united states. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. tomorrow on n

host: tavis smiley, thank you very much for being with us today. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] host: we're now going to take you to the floor of the u.s. house of representatives, where the house will take up a resolution paying tribute to those who lost their lives and those who lost their lives and

i'm tavis smiley. we have assembled a wide-ranging group of journalists to talk aout "america's next chapter" three-hour long conversation about where this country is in the first decade of the new century. let's thank c-span for covering this conversation. [applause] he is the chief political correspondent for cbs news, please welcome david brody. [applause] she is the co-founder of voto latino, maria teresa kumar. [applause] political columnist for the "washington post" please welcome dana milbank. [applause] she is the creator of one of the best sites on the web, huffington post, please welcome arianna huffington. [applause] the anchor of "at the closing bell" maria bartiromo. [applause] he is the best-selling author, please welcome dr. cornel west. [applause] he is a best selling author and former speech writer for george w. bush, please welcome david frum. [applause] the ceo of sybase and a committee of 100, our friend, john chen. [applause] i think want to start our conversation with dr. west. i

thank you for listening. >> tonight, television and radio host tavis smiley hosts a forum titled "america's next chapter." notable speakers include cornell west, are not huffington, maria bartiromo. >> the first example of the interest being found in the problems was this issue of the shooting in tucson. and this whole conversation that the country is engaged in about civility. help me understand how is that that is the way forward, if it requires a heinous act like that to get us even into a conversation about civility. i have heard members of congress for the last week patting themselves on the back and sticking out their chests. this tragedy has reminded us there are no republicans, there are no democrats, we are all americans. we are all americans two weeks ago before it happened, and we all will be americans two weeks from now when we are not talking about it anymore. my point is it cannot take an act like this are like 9/11 for us to realize we are all in this together, we are all americans. >> that is tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern and 5:00 p.m. pacific here on c-span. tamara "washingt

later, tavis smiley lead discussion on the america's future beginning at 6:00 eastern on c-span. s "s weekend on c-span 3' american history tv" an oral history on pop culture. a visit to the bureau of engraving and printing to learn about creating currency. and a discussion about the first states to secede from the union, south carolina. see the complete we can scuttle online at c-span.org/history. you can also press the scheduler button and have the schedule e- mail to you. tim plenty is at the national press club coming at 1:00. to get us there, a segment from this morning's "washington journal." continues. host: paul -- april 2007, virginia tech shootings. have there been any changes in federal gun laws or state gun laws since april of 27 -- 2007? guest: congress passed an act to basically encourage the states to send more records into the background check system. one of the lessons directly from the virginia tech, the shooter had actually been found by a court in virginia to be a danger to themselves and others but va -- which would disqualify him -- but va never said that re

from it is washington your way. >> a forum on america's future hosted by a tavis smiley. this is three hours. welcome. tonight we have a wide-ranging conversation about the current and future state of this country. this is a 3 hour conversation about where this country is in the first decade of the 21st century. in the first decade of the new century. let frank c-span for covering this. he is the chief political correspondent for cbs news, please welcome david brody. [applause] she is the co-founder of voto latino, maria teresa kumar. [applause] political columnist for the "washington post" please welcome dana milbank. [applause] she is the creator of one of the best sites on the web, huffington post, please welcome arianna huffington. [applause] the anchor of "at the closing bell" maria bartiromo. [applause] he is the best-selling author, please welcome dr. cornel west. [applause] he is a best selling author and former speech writer for george w. bush, please welcome david frum. [applause] the ceo of sybase and a committee of 100, our friend, john chen. [applause] i thin

. >> nationwide insurance a porous tavis s -- support travis smiley. nationwide is on your side bur. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: police to have hilary swank. she has a successful string of movies including her winning role in "boys don't cry" and "million dollar baby". her latest movie is called "conviction." >> wi-fi needed the steve bge -- i finally took the stupid ged test. or all applies to moscow. -- or i can apply to law school. you have to promise me that you never tried to kill yourself ever again. please. don't. tavis: 5 with saying that last night for the 18th time in the last two weeks, i was watching "amelia." i was thinking that you seem to be drawn to to stories. what is that about? >> you are right about that. it is hard to find really original, compelling works of fiction for women especially. i find these true life stories about these women are some of the most compelling stories. the truth is stranger than fiction "conviction" -- and you would say that when never happen. >> it is based upon th

republican mike pence and tv show host tavis smiley."washington journal" is on every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. we have several live events to tell you about today. treasury secretary tim geithner speaks at the school of advanced international studies on c-span 2 at 8:30 a.m. eastern. on c-span 3, the census. on c 8:00 p.m. eastern, the tucson memorial service. get your five to eight minute video on this year's topic through live thrones c-span for your chance to win the grand prize of $5,000. c-span's student cam video documentary competition is open to students grades 6--12. >> the commission investigating the gulf of mexico oil spill is calling for more funding and training for oil industry regulators and raising the liability cap for damages caused by the oil spill. commission's final report was released in a briefing that lasted a little more than an hour. >> good morning. this past may, president obama appointed a commission to study the deep water horizon disaster. we were given several charges. first, to answer the question what

tavis smiley lead a discussion on america's future. it begins at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. tomorrow, the republican national committee he likes their new chair. five candidates are vying for the position, including current chairman, michael steele. watch on c-span, c-span radio, and on c-span.org. this week, the russian parliament is debating the strategic arms reduction treaty known as start treaty. -- known as the start treaty. we will now hear a discussion hosted by the council on foreign relations on this that this -- the status of the treaty. this last one hour. >> that gets started, please. i am clifford kupchan. i would like to welcome everyone to today's council on the foreign relations committee. completely turned off your cell phone, blackberries, and in the wireless devices to avoid interference with our sound system. as a reminder, this meeting is on the record. let me proceed to introduce our guests, our speakers. first, rose gottemoeller. she is the assistant secretary of state for the bureau of arms control, verification, and compliance. she recently served a

. >> live later today tavis smiley leads a discussion on the war, the economy, education, jobs and america'so, david fromm and dana mill bank beginning at 6 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> middle and high school students, it's time to upload your videos for c-span's video documentary competition. this year's topic, washington, d.c. through my lens, get your video to c-span by january 20th for your chance to win the grand rise of $5,000. there's $50,000 in total prizes. c-span's student cram video -- cam video documentary competition is open to students in grades 6-12. go online to student cam.org. >> now, scott walker's;w9s inauguration as wisconsin's 45th governor. from the state capitol reton da in -- rotunda in madison, this is a little less than a half) hour. [cheers and applause] >> please, raise your right hand and repeat after me: i and state your name. >> i, scott walker -- >> do solemnly wear -- >> do solemnly swear -- >> that i will support -- >> that i will support -- >> the constitution of the united states -- >> the constitution of the united states -- >> and the constitution of th

i'm tavis smiley. we have assembled a wide-ranging group of journalists to talk aout "america's next chapter" three-hour long conversation about where this country is in the first decade of the new century. let's thank c-span for covering this conversation. [applause] he is the chief political correspondent for cbs news, please welcome david brody. [applause] she is the co-founder of voto latino, maria teresa kumar. [applause] political columnist for the "washington post" please welcome dana milbank. [applause] she is the creator of one of the best sites on the web, huffington post, please welcome arianna huffington. [applause] the anchor of "at the closing bell" maria bartiromo. [applause] he is the best-selling author, please welcome dr. cornel west. [applause] he is a best selling author and former speech writer for george w. bush, please welcome david frum. [applause] the ceo of sybase and a committee of 100, our friend, john chen. [applause] i think want to start our conversation with dr. west. i