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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: mike huckabee is the former governor of arkansas that mounted a bid for the white house back in 2008. he is the host of his own weekly show on the fox news channel and author of a text, 12 things we need from washington. good to have you back on this program, sir. >> is always a pleasure to be with you. tavis: what is a simple government? is there a way these days to even have a simple government given all the government has involved itself in given the crisis we are enduring? >> the issues that we face are very complex. but the concept of a simple government is that we need to step back and take a macro looked instead of the micro luck and ask ourselves, is there a big picture principle, something that is applicable to that issue. if so, what is it? i think there is a big picture to each of the issues that we face. i tell people, it is so simple that even members of congress can understand it. that is what i wa

your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: pleased to welcome randy newman to this program. the legendary singer-songwriter it is a 20 time oscar nominee, who is once again up for best original song for "we belong together" on "toy story 3." he will also be performing the songs during the telecast. randy newman, congratulations. >> thank you very much. 20 times, man. >> it is a lot. it is a great honor. every time, it is no less than a real kick to have happen. even if you think it is not a big deal and don't take it seriously as a measurement of what is good and what is not, it sucks you in. people are so interested in it for a day and a half, i get into it myself. tavis: what is it like to be perennially nominated? >> the pictures have been so successful, a lot of times a really good picture will take you a long way. i have been partly may be the beneficiary of it. hopefully i am part of making the picture is good, but "toy story 3," there recognize it however they can print it will not be best picture, not because i

your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: dr. atul gawande is a staff member at the brigham and women's hospital and also a staff writer of "the new yorker," and the author of the book, "the checklist manifesto." he joins us from boston. tell me what it is that has happened in our lives over the decades, the centuries, that make checklists seoul important these days to get things right. >> our biggest struggle in this new century has become complexity. we have discovered so much new knowledge in science, how to build organizations, how to build buildings that we are now struggling with how to actually use that knowledge well. i started digging into how people in aviation or skyscraper construction got to be good at what they do. and what they use, an addition to loss of training and technology, the core tool is the simple checklist. tavis: what about people who think checklists are so rudimentary, adolescent, "i don't need a checklist to get through my day"? >> we have thought of the checklist to dumb things down, for

your side. pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: gideon rachman works for "financial times" in london, following a 15-year career with "economist," and his new book is called "zero-sum future." he joins us from new york. gideon rachman, good to have you with us tonight, sir. >> good to be here. tavis: for the balance of your career, for the most of your career, you have felt like you were covering a world that was steadily improving, and you suggest in the text that you no longer feel that way. talk to me about why you feel that way in this age of anxiety, getting more into the text. >> yes, i started working in the mid-1980s, and so, you know, perhaps the most dramatic event of our era was in 1989, the fall of the berlin wall, the collapse of the communist empire, in the rejoining of huge numbers of companies -- and the rejoining of a huge number of countries. you site transformation of economies in asia, india, -- you saw the transformation of economies. this was a period of optimism, really up until the financial crisis,

. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. kcet public television] tavis: always honored to have wynton marsalis on this program. the multiple award-winning jazz great heads a communication jazz outrich program all around this world. always good to see you. >> all the time. tavis: i was saying to the staff over the years doing this show, you have been on a number of times. never in the studio. >> it is nice here. tavis: always on a satellite feed. i'm glad to have you in l.a. how have you enjoyed your time in the disney hall? >> a lot. we recorded a piece i wrote. that's right here. we took the whole band. all of us having a great time. tavis: what do you make of the person who is all the rage in music, gustavo dudamel? >> when we were in venezuela, i had the chance to go to his building. he had like five or six orchestras playing. kids from the hood. beethoven. unbelievable, they could play. he also introduced me to his two oldest teachers. trumpet players. he started with a couple of teachers and they were both trumpet players. they have an unbeli

our public engagement office is helping project office of cuban occasions, i am sorry, they get the psa's out to the television and radio. >> commissioner norton, did you get your questions answered? ok, thank you. are there any public comments? public comment? ok. well, public comment is closed. ok. thank you everyone who came to participate in the discussion. madam clerk, are there any other agenda items? ok, thanks. this meeting is adjourned. thank you. >> i work with the department of environment and we are recycling oil. thank you. we can go into a refinery and we can use it again. they do oil changes and sell it anyway, so now they know when a ticket to a. hal>> to you have something you want to get rid of? >> why throw it away when you can reuse it? >> it can be filtered out and used for other products. >> [speaking spanish] >> it is going to be a good thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons, if not more. these are other locations that you can go. it is absolutely free. you just need to have the lo

our public engagement office is helping project office of cuban occasions, i am sorry, they get the psa's out to the television and radio. >> commissioner norton, did you get your questions answered? ok, thank you. are there any public comments? public comment? ok. well, public comment is closed. ok. thank you everyone who came to participate in the discussion. madam clerk, are there any other agenda items? ok, thanks. this meeting is adjourned. thank you.

tavis: we know that your republican brethren and and sisters have taken a stab at public television and planned parenthood. since you raised that particular issue, are the right to cut funding for planned parenthood? >> i think they are, it has really missed its mission. its mission is not helping women. it is essentially to push abortion. pro-choice is one thing, you give equal weight to all the choices. planned parenthood does not give equal weight. they are essentially an abortion provider. for those of us whose conscience says it is wrong to take the life of a human being for the purposes of either economic security or the purposes of personal convenience, it is an affront. it is as if we have said it is ok for a person to own and other person, in this case, for a biological mother to own her child to the point of life and death. i don't want my tax dollars paying for the destruction of a completely innocent human life. >> he mentioned that that the number one on your list is a return to family values. i always believe in family first, and we both believe in values. where people sta

used to subsidize the press in the same way in england and canada, you have a tax on your television set to pay for public networks; right in? in america, when they thought of pbs years ago, the commission that did that sunlighted a tax on the television set so that -- suggested a tax on television so they didn't give into political pressures. when they did big exposes, nixon cut the budget totally, eliminated it. that's another form of censorship. the system in canada, in most of western europe and england is if you pay a tax on some of your communications, you know, could be the telephone bill, doesn't matter, towards maintaining the press, then you still have a press that does it's job. two years ago in america, 16,000 journalists were fired. last year in the first six months, 10,000 were fired. many papers that used to have an overseas office have closed down. the "baltimore sun" had five. they are now closing offices in the state capitol which as we know where traditional forms of corruption are at their most ripe so that the idea of the press has been and still is possible, but becoming less and les

public engagement office is helping project office of cuban occasions, i am sorry, they get the psa's out to the television and radio. >> commissioner norton, did you get your questions answered? ok, thank you. are there any public comments? public comment? ok. well, public comment is closed. ok. thank you everyone who came to participate in the discussion. madam clerk, are there any other agenda items? ok, thanks. this meeting is adjourned. thank you. >> about four years ago, [inaudible] look at how beautiful this was. there is our relationship to the planet. these regions are the wealthiest, the most powerful. that really has impacted the planet. it is almost impossible now to go anywhere and had it really be completely dark. there are very few locations that you can find. that means our relationship to the sky, there is a way where we dominate the sky. we cannot see anything really. we are blinding ourselves in a way. >> you can look at the images, they are beautiful. when i started four years ago, there was a conversation about environmental issues that was very different. this is not being talked about in the way it is now. . this has just been like an

our public engagement office is helping project office of cuban occasions, i am sorry, they get the psa's out to the television and radio. >> commissioner norton, did you get your questions answered? ok, thank you. are there any public comments? public comment? ok. well, public comment is closed. ok. thank you everyone who came to participate in the discussion. madam clerk, are there any other agenda items? ok, thanks. this meeting is adjourned. thank you. >> good afternoon and welcome to rules committee for february 3, 2011. my name is supervisor kim and i will chair the meeting today. to my left is supervisor -- i'm sorry, to my right is supervisor elsbernd and to my right, supervisor farrell and we have president chu also in attendance for one of our agenda items today. the clerk is linda wong. we would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgov.tv who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available. madam clerk, any announcements? clerk wong: the items on our agenda today are intended to be sent to the full board as committee report on february 15 unless otherwise indicated. commissioner kim: if there are no objections, i would like to change the

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your pbs station from viewers like you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> amy chua is a professor of law at yale and author whose books include "world on fire." the latest is "battle hymn of the tiger mother." she joins us from new haven, connecticut. >> thanks for having me. >> one would have to live under a rock to not hear about this tiger mom controversy. it seems every television network and major magazine does a story. you say you think you have been misunderstood by this controversy. >> the greatest misunderstanding is the idea that i wrote this as a parenting guide, trying to tell other people how to parent. i wrote this book in a moment of crisis. it is really more. it is supposed to be very funny. that is a misunderstanding. it is a self parody. some people get it and some people do not. in has been difficult conveying what the book is supposed to be doing. >> you made a number of media appearances. i am curious why you think it has been difficult to get the message you wanted out. does the media have any complicity in that? >>

your pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: vusi mahlasela is a singer-songwriter-poet known as "the voice. his latest album is "say africa." he has recorded in dave matthews' studios. here is vusi and dave performing the song "everyday." ♪ ♪ ♪ tavis: this project was a collaboration. we mentioned dave matthews. you have everybody on this project. >> yes. dave is not on this one. taz mahal is the producer. he was happy to produce this. he sort of really had to have the album. i think we came up with something with a folkish, blues -- he is so knowledgeable. there are quite a lot of african artists like it. it was great to work with him. tavis: you like doing collaborations? >> i like them. i think those collaborations are kind of like collecting the right forces. tavis: what is it that you -- how would you describe what it is you are doing with the music? i read somewhere that this is not so much an album as it is a campaign. what do you mean by that? what are you doing with your music? >> more of really giving hope to the people, you know? giving them that kind of enli

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: "race for best actress ppears to be natlie portman's to lose, but the men include previous winners jeff bridges and javier bardem. >> i do not accept it as a given that i did shoot le beef. >> you missed your shot. >> missed my shot? >> you are more handicapped without an eye it than i am with that the arm. tavis: i know this remake languages out there, but what sold you on this was not that it was a remake, but that the coen brothers were going to make this movie based on the book. it is really a redo. >> that is perfectly stated. charles portis wrote a wonderful "true in the '60s called grit." when joel and ethan coen came to me, they said there were going right to the book. once i did read the book, i saw what they were talking about. the book reads like one of their scripts. terrific characters, a lot of twists and turns. so i jumped on board after a read the book. of course, i was happy i enjoyed the book s

your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: senator kirsten gillibrand is serving her first term in the u.s. senate from new york. holding the seat held by hillary clinton. she is a member of the senate armed forces committee. an important committee these days. she joins us from washington. an honor to have you on this program. >> it is my privilege. thank you for including me. tavis: i believe budgets are moral documents. jay-z puts it this way. you can see will use a but you are what you are. we find out what you believe when you put these budgets to work. budgets are moral documents. if i am right, what does this budget say about president obama's priorities? >> president obama has tried to do the hard work of making tough choices to balance the budget and reduce the deficit. on some of the priorities he has made, i agree with. making sure we do not invest in military programs that are not being used currently. some of the choices i disagree with. i was concerned about the cut to home heating assistance on the east c

your pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: it is an thorn have clive davis on this program. back in 1967, he became president of columbia records and helped usher in a golden age of popular music. in 1974, he founded arista records. artists like billy joel, boss scaggs, bruce sprinsteen, whitney houston and alicia keys and so many, many more. tomorrow in los angeles, the theater at the grammy museum downtown will be renamed the clive davis theater. clive davis, you're a bad man. >> thank you. >> congratulations on the honor. >> thank you. tavis: does it make you feel old when people start naming stuff after you? >> the truth is, it doesn't. it really is very heartwarming and i'm tremendously grateful. that's a major thrill. tavis: it's impossible in a 30-minute show, one-hour show, to do justice to all that you have done, but the one question above all else i've been dying to ask you all these years is how do you develop the ear? do you play instruments? >> i play no instruments. tavis: that's what i wondered. >> i did not develop my ear. i discovered i had an ear and it wa

your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: rod woodson spent 10 of his seasons with the pittsburgh steelers before going on to help the ravens win a super bowl title back in 2001 in 2009 he was inducted into the pro football hall of fame and serves as one of the lead analysts for the nfl network. he joins us leading up to the big game from the headquarters of the nfl network. good to have you on this program, sir. >> thanks for having me on. i appreciate it. tavis: i was just thinking, i shouldn't be talking to you. you went to purdue, i went to i.u. this is not a good thing. >> oh, yeah. you know, that's tough. tavis: you -- >> you know what i tell people who went to i.u.? nobody's perfect. nobody's perfect. tavis: and this is what i tell people who went to purdue. my two favorite teams are i.u. and whoever is playing purdue. >> that's about right. it's a hated rivalry. tavis: we got that out of the way. now onto the love part of the conversation. let me start by asking the obvious question, what do you make of the ga

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: senator michael bennett is serving his first full term in the u.s. senate following his time as the superintendent of the denver public school system. his victory that is last november over a tea party-backed candidate was one of the few bright spots for democrats in the mid-term elections. senator bennett, good to have you on this program. >> it's great to be here. thanks for having me. tavis: my pleasure. let me start with some. news of the day internationally and the all-important issue of education. so president made a statement about the bloodshed in libya. it's been noted that he did not mention muammar gaddafi by name. is that to your mind an observation by the president or solidarity with the libyan people? two different things. >> it certainly solidarity with the libyan people and i don't know why the president didn't mention gaddafi. it may have been because he doesn't want to back him into a corner at

your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: dr. benjamin barber is a senior fellow at demos and best-selling author and founder of the interdependence day on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. he joins us from new york. dr. barber, good to have you on the program. >> good evening. tavis: the only thing predictable about revolution is that they are unpredictable. so how unpredictable is this revolution in egypt? >> tolstoy said every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way and every revolution is revolutionary in its own way. we have a peculiar group of circumstances. it starts as a virtual revolution, the first net-izen revolution. i'm on virtually this evening because it was a virtual revolution made first by the internet. i think it's the first time the web has played that role. and that means, second, that an awful lot of young people relatively -- i wouldn't say secular, but relatively educated, technically adept, were in the streets, a very different group than the stereotype about the arab street that we have, which is a foolish

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-- >> 30 years ago, we couldn't know that something called the internet would lead to an economic revolution. what we can do, what america does better than anybody else, is spark the creativity and imagination of our people. we're the nation that put cars in driveways and computers in offices. a nation of edison and the wright brothers of course google and facebook. in america, innovation doesn't just change our lives, it is how we make our living. [applause] tavis: president obama, of course, last week in the state of the union address talking about the need for american innovation. we begin our look at the state of the u.s. technology with gary shapiro president and c.e.o. of the consumer electronic association and the driving force behind the annual consumer technology showcase known as the c.e.s. he's also author of the new text "the comeback. how innovation will restore the american dream." good to have you then the

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television, on radio, and online. c-span, bringing public affairs to you. created by cable, it is washington your way. >> this week on "communicators," a discussion with bob goodlatte, chairman of the house subcommittee on intellectual property and the internet, and code-chairman of the house internet caucus. how you envision your role in the current congress when it comes to talk policy? >> what we need most is growth in our economy. the tech community plays a huge role in that. a high percentage of our job growth is related to developing new technology. a very large percentage of our exports are related to that as well. promoting that through both intellectual property, which is the jurisdiction over patents, copyrights, and trademarks -- the internet is the largest collection of patents, copyrights, and trademarks in the history of the world. at some point, you have jurisdiction over anti-trust issues or competition policy. again, promoting competition, i believe, creates jobs. the subcommittee is very key in terms of job creation. >> how does your role meld with that of the energy and commerc

public television, not unlike government. but i do believe they are absolutely necessary to the well-being of our society. >> lehrer: what are youric believes? >> unions have a right to organize, specifically public unions they have a right to organize. if there's a governor schweitzer who is going to say no we can't afford that, then that's fine, it's not a problem. or if it in indiana where we have a governor who is concentrating on the budget. but the fact is in most states in this country, say 30 states and ruin usly in 10 or 11 arrangements have been made which are unsustainable. where politicians year after year said we can't afford your salary increase, but kont worry you're going to get a great pension. and if you do that decade after decade then finally the bill comes due. and part of the problem is we have weak political leaders who wouldn't say no when they had to say no and who threw the problems on us. but part of the problem was structural. when a private sector union negotiates they know their company will go out of business if they ask too much. when a private sector negotiates, a private sector union the manageme