written by the isabel wilkerson. thanks for the book and honored to have you on the show. >> thank you for having me. tavis: it's my pleasure. thanks the show for tonight. until next time, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis at pbs.org. tavis: hi, join me next time for a conversation with actor and author of a new book, "my mommy hung the moon," jamie lee curtis. 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 -- >> 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 tave miss it bork -- working to improve financial literacy and remove objects cams 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.

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isabel wilkerson's book is called "the warmth of other suns. " i grew up the daughter of people who migrated from the south to the north. you could say i've been writing it all my life. it was a story i was surrounded by in washington, d.c. where everyone around me, the parents were from south carolina, north carolina, georgia. my mother was from rome, georgia migrated to washington, d.c. my father migrated from southern virginia to washington, d.c. different decades, would never have met had there been no great migration, had they not left the south and landed in the same city. so in some ways i exist because of the great migration and i think i've been in some ways writing it all my life. >> rose: david grossman and isabel wilkerson coming up. maybe you want school kids to have more exposure to the arts. maybe you want to provide meals for the needy. or maybe you want to help when the unexpected happens. whatever you want to do, members project from american express can help you take the first step. vote, volunteer, or donate for the causes you believe in at membersproject.com. take charge

intact and what exactly will it take to lift those restrictions we'll speak with colonel lawrence wilkerson next the word socialism and big government are constantly being shouted by the tea partiers and the right wingers across the country but meanwhile big corporations keep using their money to buy influence in washington so are americans missing the point the corporations and backed pose a larger threat than the government author david swanson will give us his thoughts on the topic then in politics is it the dumb or the better what happened to the days of being proud of an ivy league education and a political experience christine for will join me to discuss the evolution of the political at next we'll examine the european right just like the changing sentiments here in the u.s. european countries are expressing overall hatred towards muslims so i ask how far they can go and does the tea party have anything in common with the european right and universities are taking the immigration issue into their own hands as several schools have banned undocumented immigrants from enrolling in classe

. >> reporter: for 57-year-old greg wilkerson, working at this nonprofit organization in philadelphia find work, he was hired in may at $13 an hour to do outreach work and help the unemployed to services they need. he tells us it's a job he desperately needed. >> i'm a single parent. i help take care of my son. pay our bills, we have a roof over our head. i was telling him we had a problem before. a stable living environment for my son. now wilkerson is out of thousands out of work because the stimulus money used to subsidize those jobs expired. $1 billion was used from the fund for temporary assistance to needy families, a couple that advocates for low and middle income families advocate that more than 250,000 jobs were provided across the country in both public and private sector with programs in 11 states ending now. illinois an exception. >> i don't want to see 26,000 people lose their jobs. >> illinois's governor temporarily extended the program with the state's own funds until congress acts. but that's a big "if." an effort to extend the program for three months was blocked. rep

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aaron homer and amanda wilkerson initially made conflicting statements but later confessed to the claims. homer is charged with aggravated assault. also charged on an unrelated outstanding warrant. >>> accused of this. >>> it's been hanging over her head for months. tuesday, melissa jackson, accused of official misconduct, for failing to aid 25-year-old utisha rennics, a pregnant woman who collapsed at a coffee shop. >> melissa jackson is the only person that morning that bears no responsibility. and yet, she stands here before you. it's a shame. it's a shame on the system. >> reporter: defense attorney ben heinrish says jackson at least called 911. while others, including rennic's boyfriend did nothing. a lawyer for the rennics family says that's a poor excuse. >> the father of the baby is not a trained medical technician, and doesn't have a duty, as she did, which she failed to do, which was to provide aid to someone in need. >> she failed to perform her duty. and i think it was a very humane act. you know, no feelings for somebody that cried for help. >> the dead woman's comfort says

tonight a conversation with pulitzer prize-winning journalist and author isabela wilkerson. she became the first african-american to win that honor at the time in "the new york times." honor at the time in "the new york times." her book is a

here with the wilkerson family. mom and dad, and annebelle, luke and sara. annabeth, excuse me.e eyes? can you tell they're all related? even the most gorgeous eyes i've seen. hey, mr. luke. what's been the most fun thing you've seen so far? >> buildings. they're so tall. >> they're so tall. bigger than in arkansas? >> yeah. >> yeah. all right. let's -- you look at the buildings. i'll tell you the weather forecast. check it out. we have some pictures from chicago, where they are bracing underneath the storms right now. wind gusts 48 miles per hour. and the winds will stretch all the way to the gulf states. but peak wind gusts that could rival category 1 hurricane strength, that will be over the upper midwest, into michigan, into wisconsin and minnesota. that's the weather for now from >> that's the weather for now from times square and my people from indiana. let's go all the way across the country to l.a. and robin. >> heidi, rocking the purple this morning. thank you. >>> let me ask you this. does being a mother make you better qualified to be governor? that's a question many