from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. tonight we begin a look at one of the most vexing problems facing our country, poverty. i traveled to many of the poorest parts of our country to put a face on the number of people who find themselves among the ranks of the port. tonight we will bring you the first installment of the poor followed by a conversation with cornel west. his thoughts about what can and should be done. we are glad you have joined us. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where wal-mart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacleseme conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and brought to you by the aarp foundation. >> wk kellogg foundation. improving the lives of a vulnerable children. wkkf.org. >> of the annie e. casey foundation, helping bui

tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with novelist jackie collins. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literac and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs stations by viewers like you. thank you.

tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with michael lewis. >> every community has a martin it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where ur communi to make every day bette >> nionwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy anrm ce t onconversation at mo wee emrmont conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> brought to you by the aarp foundation. w. k. kellogg foundation, engaging communities to improve the lives of local children. learn more at wkkf.org. >> the annie. e casey foundation, helping to build a better future for american kids and families. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] kcet public television]

from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. in a conversation tonight with michael lewis, the writer of and books like "moneyball." he is out with a new book about the financial crisis in europe. it is called "boomerang: travels in the new third world."." alal s sckckd d anning is here. she is headlining the production of "other desert cities," which opens november 3. we are glad you joined us. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day 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 pta -- pbs station. from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] >tavis: michael lewis

from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. the, a conversation with martin sheen and his son, emilio estevez. it was written for his father and is in theaters across the country right now. we're glad you have joined us. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day 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 viewers like you. if thank you. kcet public television] tavis: pleased to welcome martin sheen and emilio west of as to the program. the way, a movie written and directed by emilio, here are some scenes from "the way." >> are they going to change your life? >> something like that. ♪ >> i am so sorry, i had no idea. >> those are smart, confident, stubbor

from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. although america has avoided a depression during these difficult times, there continues to be a link between the banking crisis back in 1929 and our current economic woes. a conversation about the start similarities and their impact on poor and working americans with journalist nomi prins. also, actor billy gardell is here. he brought his comedic sensibility is to one of the best comedies. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day 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 te

from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. tonight a conversation with musician and producer dave stewart. he has a new group called super heavy featuring a mick jagger and others. dayton -- the debut disc its stores next month. this week he has "the blackbird diaries." includes duets with stevie nicks and martina mcbride. two special performances. coming up right now. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where wal-mart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, 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: it is shaping up to a busy year for dave stewart, the acclaimed musician has a just released a new

tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with actress laura dern on her new series "enlightened." >> every community has a martin know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day 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 nvtion ate obsencorme saoner 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] [captioning made possible by kcet public television]

from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. this evening, my conversation with spanish actor antonio banderas. has a new film, "the skin i live in," and "puss in boots." and a revival of the classical musical "missouri -- zorba" is also on the way. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with 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. >> brought to you by the aarp foundation. w. k. kellogg foundation, the lives of local children. learn more at wkkf.org. better future for american kids and families. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: please welcome antonio banderas to th

i am tavis smiley. we bring you night two of our look at poverty adn the poverty tour across america, including the kids who live at or below the poverty line, and i will be joined by vicki escarra . we thank you for joining us on night two of the poverty tour. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. one last place to gether with your community. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley, and works to improve financial literacy one question at a time. >> brought to you by the aarp foundation. ♪ >> the w.k. kellogg foundation, improving the lives of vulnerable children. learn more at wkkf.org. ♪ >> helping to build a better future for america's kids and families. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. ♪ tavis: in our second part of the poverty tour, we look at the inw pour,or," who used to be the middle class. >> the blues are a personal catastrophe expressed lyrically. >> the white literary blues. >> i teach them in my class. >> the tennessee williams festiv

tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley.oin me next time for a conversation with anita hill. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is tomprove financial literacying i ito mprove financial literacy and remove obsta oconomic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. welcome to antiques roadshow from atlantic city, new jersey. i got to tell you, every furniture conservator in america loves you right now. oh, my gosh! boy, oh, boy! yes. what? yes. oh, my god, you're kidding! more surprises and big fun in this hour of antiques roadshow. captioning sponsored by liberty mutual, subaru and viewers like you (firecrackers exploding) announcer: now, the peo

tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a focusing on the poverty tour with cornel west. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the coe erstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where wal-mart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic eer .onversation at time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank 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 viewers like you. if thank you. kcet public television] tavis: pleased to welcome martin sheen and emilio west of as to the program. the way, a movie written and directed by emilio, here are some scenes from "the way." >> are they going to change your life? >> something like that. ♪ >> i am so sorry, i had no idea. >> those are smart, confident, stubborn. >> a lot like you. tavis: take me back when you started writing the project and you know you are writing this specifically for your father. what is that process like? >> i wanted to write something that explored who he is as a man and as an actor. he would throw all of us kids in the back of a country squire station wagon and we would drive across the country, landing in some location. for every badlands'

make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improv obstacles to empowerment. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: it isals such an honor and delight to be in the company of tony bennett. his influence on music for generations to come and also one of the most kind, humble and giving people i have had the pleasure to befriend. he has a collection of duets with some of the biggest names in the business. some of the making of "duets ii." ♪ don't get around much anymore ♪ ♪ ain't it a thrill i love you still it had to be you wonderful you it had to be you ♪ tavis: we recently had on this program just days ago sonny rollins. honored later this year and i saw him in concert here in l.a. and he is 81. you are now 85. happy birthday. you guys doing this into your 80's. you are killing me. and you sound just as good as ever. >> we love what we are doing. sonny has been that way. i just love the fact that i'm able to perform and trying

. >> 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] tavis: nomi prins is a journalist who is books include "it takes a pillage." glad to have you back and the program. >> thank you so much. tavis: the parallels are so profound, intentional i assume. or not intentional but timely. >> i think after the last book and seeing how economically devastated we really are since the financial crisis, we aren't married what happened in the great depression. there was a crash. -- we are mirroring what happened in the great depression. this crated a depression for the rest of the country. there is no other time that an similar to this time as unfortunately the great depression. tavis: why write this as

. >> 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] tavis: one of the reasons i love getting out of the studio and travel around the country and for that matter, around the world, i never know what will run into. i am in new york city and having lunch and a look over in the booth next to me and bam, jackie collins is here. now she is on the show because we met at a restaurant. she is one of the biggest and best selling authors in the history of the world. her latest is called "goddess of vengeance." jackie collins, an honor to have you. >> i am so happy to be here. tavis: that timing was good. 4 million books sold off 400 millions books sold. >> that is over a long time. -- 400 million bo

. >> 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 e 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: i am pleased to welcome, nile rodgers to this program. he helped define music in the 1970's with a string of classic hits. his life has been defined by some incredible moments and numerous twists and turns. his new memoir is called "le freak." i apologize in advance that i did not have enough time to do justice to your life. you have lived such an incredible life. you have done so many things. i'm glad you are here. >> i am thrilled to be here. you have no idea. tavis: let me start, when you have done so many things it is hard to know where to start. but i want to start with the music. behind every song there is a story. rescissory family television, it is

. >> 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. @p tavis: i am pleased to have jerry west on this program. he went on to win a gold medal back in 1960. he is known as the eye contact -- iconic logo. an honor to have you on this program. let me start by -- i know there are things that you can say and cannot say of all the work stoppage. i want to go back to your book. back to your life and your career to draw a parallel between what you would -- what you and george. these are your words, page 101. i remember the 1964 all-star game in boston. the first one ever televised. it had been snowing heavily all day. it was uncertain if everybody would make it by game time. there was another problem, too. the players have decided they would boycott the game, as all the team's owners came up with an acceptable pension plan.