tony bennett? >> i learned that tony bennett plays a key role in helping indiana's education crisis. he is the man that everyone goes to and he is in charge of i guess what people need to cut or whatever things. where the money is supposed to be going to. >> in your interview with mr. tony bennett, he says high expectations can outweigh limited state budget when it comes to student achievement. what does he mean by that statement? >> i think he means as long as we can educate high expectatione education, the education crisis. >> what is the message you would like to share with people through your documentary? >> i would just like to share that basically there are many things that need to happen to solve this education crisis and i guess not just in indiana, but everywhere else in the u.s.. there are lots of things that need to have been. >> thank so much for joining us today. >> thank you. >> and here's a brief portion from gabe's documentary, improving educational opportunities and in a time of cr

so here's nelson mandela, bob dylan, even tony bennett, you say. big supporter. >> muhammad ali. >> these people have all known you. now it comes time for you to say about yourself. for your epitaph, it should be he had the courage to stand up no matter what problems his actions may have caused him, he was just enough to perform a miracle to wake up and escape the universal prison of sleep, regain the humanity. when people hear this, just enough. i'm sure they are going to be thinking to themselves, just enough to get off? or just enough to escape or survivor? why not to make something bolder? >> universally, we are all just enough. that's what that means. we're all universally just enough. we are born with every thing that we need to wake up and to become conscious. that is just enough. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> hi, can you tell us about your latest release and what your next writing project might be? >> the latest thing we did is a photobook on ronald reagan, called "running with destiny" which started with

from country, to crooning with tony bennett. now, back to her musical roots, fronting a band.nd i love it. sis boom bang, her band, sing it loud. somewhere diane is smiling. >> i know. i miss her. >> sis boom bang. >> yep. >> how did you come up with that name? >> we were recording july 4th weekend. and i played it for my best friend. it starts out like a k.d. lang record. and then, sis boom bang, the band kicks in. and i thought, that's it. >> this is going back to your roots a little bit. >> a little extra twang. and a little torch. >> just the way you like it. >> yep. >> when last many saw you, my friend, oh, my goodness. the 2010 winter games in your beloved canada. >> yeah. >> you were singing in front of billions of people, "hallelujah." what was that like? what was that like for you? >> incredible. like, really. honestly, the highlight of my performing career, just to be able to be in front of my homeland, singing a great canadian standard for the world. >> still. >> oh, my god. me, too. >> seriously, it was incredible. i can write a book just on that performance. >> we

tony bennett? >> he plays a key role in helping indiana's educational crisis. he is the man that everyone goes to. he is in charge -- [inaudible] where the money is supposed to go. >> in your interview with mr. tony bennett, he says high expectations can outweigh a limited state budget when it comes to student achievement. what does he mean by that statement? >> as long as we can basically keep high expectations, we can overcome the education crisis. >> what is the message to but to share with people through your documentary? >> i would just like to share that, basically, many things need to happen to solve this education crisis, not just in indiana but everywhere else in the u.s. things need to happen. >> thank you so much for joining us today. >> thank you. >> here is a brief portion from his documentary, improving educational opportunities in a time of crisis. >> some communities, some activities may be more or less important. to those of you than other activities and to others. we have to begin to have those types of discussions so that we a dignified how i

tony bennett? >> he plays a key role in the education crisis.is the man that everyone goes to. >> in your interview, he says high expectations can outweigh a limited state budget when it comes to student achievement. what did he mean by that statement? >> as long as we can hold high expectations, we can overcome any crisis. >> what is the message he would like to share with people through your documentary? >> basically, and there are many things that need to happen to solve this education crisis. not just in indiana, but everywhere else in the u.s., there are lots of things that need to happen. >> thank you for joining us today. here is a brief portion from his documentary, "improving educational opportunities in a time of crisis." >> some activities may be more, others may be less. i think we have to have those types of discussions, so that we can him me -- identify how important are the arts, foreign languages, where are they in terms of our core mission? >> stand by. we are going live in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. >> i am sorry, kids. this program is bei

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so here's nelson mandela, bob dylan, even tony bennett you say -- >> muhammad ali. >> and out comes time for you to speak about yourself and you say for death it should be, he was just enough to the current to stay from convictions to matter what problems his action may have cost him, he was just enough to perform a miracle to wake up, to regain the humanity in living hell, he was just enough. just enough. so when people hear this just enough, i'm sure they're going to be thinking to themselves, well, just enough to get off, or just enough to escape or survive? why not to make something bold or? >> universally we're all just enough. that's what that means. we are all universally just enough. we are born with everything that we need to wake up and to become conscious. that is just enough. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> next week in booktv will be live in l.a. on saturday april 30 booktv will be broadcasting the "los angeles times" festival of books fly from university of southern california with event coverage, author interviews and collins from 12:45-7: