tonight a conversation with tony goldwyn. he has forged his own path of a successful actor and political activist. he now portrays the president of the united states on the series created by shonda rhimes. we are glad you joined us. king had that said there is always the right time to do the 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 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: tony goldwyn is an actor who stars on "scandal." is now in its second season and airs thursday night's. >> here is what is great about having someone attempt to assassinate you. doctors are yelling, and you could die, and you suddenly stop being afraid. then when you do not die, you realize you have nothing to lose and no time to waste. this is going to happen. i am going to divorce and remain president of the united s

i am laughing -- on this program and we had the actor tony goldwyn, and he had not been a quitter person -- twitter person, and he was going on about holland this actually works. -- how is actually worked. >> it is a huge story. for my character. we are on par about how nice we are. she does not have a clue. i do not have a clue. she writes for the show. her first tweet is my first twit. i have no clue. there were a group of friends. everybody thought it would be fun to do it because it is something my character uses this season. on another note with what happened in connecticut over the holiday, so many of us wanted to support the families about the question of gun control, and many of us thought, it is wonderful we can educate ourselves by reminding each other where we can read and who we can call and what letters we can write. that was the first inspiration. it is a great way to utilize communicating with fans of the show. >> i was late to the game on the entire social media thing. now there's a lot of good that can come of it but a lot of silliness. a lot of cyber hates and nastiness

join me next time for a conversation with "scandal" star tony goldwyn for his role playing the president. that is next time. we will see you then. always the right time to do the 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 stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your you. thank you. >> be more.