from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. first up tonight, our conversation with a rock legend gramm nash. he is out with a new product of rock photography featuring rare photos of the biggest names in music. it is called "taking aim." also, david the company is here, the latest -- david duchovny is here, with his new series "californication." that is coming up right now. >> 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, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide insurance is happy to 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: pleased to welcome our him nash back to the program. the legendary member of crosby, stills, nash, & young is a

today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for our conversation with actor ed o'neill, plus steel magnolia. >> 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, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and 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]

from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. first tonight, reaction to the president's state of the union address and a look ahead to the 2012 race for president. charlie crist is one of the most high-profile independence and american politics. also tonight, unique looked at the decline of american manufacturing as told by paul clemens. the detroit native spent a year in an automobile plant that was in the process of closing down for his latest text, "punching out." charlie crist and journalist paul clemens, right now. >> 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, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide insurance is happy to 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 possibl

tavis: good evening, from los angeles, i'm tavis smiley. first up tonight, a conversation about cancer and one of the most acclaimed books about the subject, "the emporer of all maladies." dr. siddhartha mukherjee is a noted cancer researcher whose best-selling book is a comprehensive look at the disease. the book was named one of the 10 best of the year by the "new york times." also tonight, emmy-winning actress roseanne barr stops by. she's out with a new book, "roseannearchy". [captioning made possible by viewers like you -- thank you] >> all i know is his name is james and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i'm james. >> 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 tavis smiley to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to empowerment. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: dr. siddhartha mukherjee is a cancer physician at

i am tavis smiley. this is "america's next chapter. i am joined by a terrific panel including david brody, maria teresa kumar, dana milbank, arianna huffington, maria bartiromo, cornel west, david frum, and john s. chen. we are glad you have joined us. coming up now. [applause] >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am 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 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] [applause] tavis: hu jintao is on his way to the usa. what's to we expect our government to get for us out of those conversations? what ought to be bringing back to is when the summit

i'm tavis smiley. this is the third and final night of our conversation about the current and future state of our country called "america's next chapter." our thanks to nationwide for helping to make this event possible. i'm joined here by a terrific panel including david brody of the christian broadcasting network, maria teresa kumar, dana milbank,ianian, maria bartiromo, cornel west, david frum and john chen. we're glad you have joined us for the final fight of our conversation, "america's next chapter," coming up right now. [applause] >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference -- >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide is proud to join tavis to improve financial literacy and the economic empowerment that comes with it. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewe

i'm tavis smiley. with so much focused on the economy and jobs, in tonight's state of the union address, et sometimes hard to believe this country is deep into two wars and one of which is the longest in u.s. history. first up a conversation about the war on terror. nearly 10 years after 9-11 with peter bergen, national security analyst for cnn and author of "the longest war." a conversation with best-selling novelist kim edwards who is out with her first book since her number one "new york times" best seller "the memory keeper's daughter." her latest is called "the lake of dreams." we're glad you've joined us. national security analyst peter bergen and author kim edwards coming up right now. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am 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 tavis i

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. nationwide insurance is proud to work with tavis smiley and remove iliteracy. >> and from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: thank you, sir. always pleased to welcome kevin spacey to this program, the two-time oscar winner is also a very successful producer and theater director. his lathe oast film is called "casino jack" based on the real life story of lobbyist jack abram-off. >> and here -- and here a scene from "casino jack." >> it's an all-cash business. use your imagination, adam because i've got plans. >> plans like bugsy malone. public education sucks. you have no idea what kids have to deal with. >> your own school? >> plus there's my foundation. i'm trying to do important stuff that matters to people. >> i -- i don't know, jack. i don't want to see charlie manson as my cell mate. i'm going to say no. but thanks for the $65 steak. it was delicious. >> you're trying to spin him as a modern day robinhood? >> maybe in his own mind he was the orthodox robinhood, yeah. >> actually

tavis: good evening, i am tavis smiley. president obama's date of the union address is tuesday. his improving poll numbers will soon be tested as the host of the republicans will announce their bids for the white house. tonight is a preview of the speech and a look at the state of american politics with former u.s. senator, bill bradley and presidential historian douglas brinkley. bradley mounted his own campaign for the white house in 2000 and was an early obama supporter in 2008. douglas brinkley has the latest installment on the american series of "the quiet world.' we are glad you can join us. our state of the union preview and our interview with douglas brinkley coming up. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help>> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insurance, working to improve financial literacy and the economic empowerment that comes with it. >> ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from

. >> nationwide insurance a porous tavis s -- support travis smiley. nationwide is on your side bur. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: police to have hilary swank. she has a successful string of movies including her winning role in "boys don't cry" and "million dollar baby". her latest movie is called "conviction." >> wi-fi needed the steve bge -- i finally took the stupid ged test. or all applies to moscow. -- or i can apply to law school. you have to promise me that you never tried to kill yourself ever again. please. don't. tavis: 5 with saying that last night for the 18th time in the last two weeks, i was watching "amelia." i was thinking that you seem to be drawn to to stories. what is that about? >> you are right about that. it is hard to find really original, compelling works of fiction for women especially. i find these true life stories about these women are some of the most compelling stories. the truth is stranger than fiction "conviction" -- and you would say that when never happen. >> it is based upon t

. >> 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 captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- tavis: clarence b. jones served as a council and speechwriter for dr. martin luther king, jr.. he is not a scholar in residence at stanford's the milky research institute. his new book is called "behind the dream: the making of the speech that transformed a nation." good to have you back on this program. >> thank you. tavis: what is it about this speech we seem to know everything about, have heard everything over and over again, that you can tell us? >> i think the most important thing i can tell you about this speech is that many people believe that this was -- that dr. king gave this speech

. >> 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] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- tavis: please welcome anthony hopkins back to this program. this weekend, his latest movie opens around the country. here are scenes from "the rite." >> the interesting thing about atheists is they are always looking for certainty. the question is, what on earth could we do if we found it? in my experience, there is a total loss of faith. there are months when i do not know whether i believe in god or the double. yet it is something that keeps digging and scraping away inside of me. it seems like gods fingernail -- god's fingernail. i finally can take no more of the pa

from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. tonight, our conversation with former tennis great andre agassi. he created a foundation that created a model charter school in his hometown of vegas. last year, the school graduated its first ever class with every single senior going to college. he now has a best-selling autobiography, "open." his thoughts on the u.s. open and other topics in our conversation, coming up right now. >> 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, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide insurance is happy to 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: always pleased to have andre agassi on the program. he becam

. >> nationwide supports tavis smiley. we are proud to help remove economic illiteracy. nationwide is on your side. >> and from contributions from viewers like you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> always pleased to welcome natalie cole. she has been performing since she was a baby. natalie debuts at disney hall. she is out with a new book about the defense of the last few years including a kidney transplant -- the events of the last few years, including a kidney transplant and the death of her sister. it is nice to see you. >> thank you. tavis: chris started playing really hard when you left. you look great as you always do. when you were here last time, i recall saying to myself, i hope i get a chance to see you. i am thrilled. >> i would say gods still has some stuff for me to do. i did not know i was that close. >> how close were you? >> maybe 8%. my kidney function have less than 8% left. that is how close. tavis: first of all, the title. i love me some d j rogers, and one of my

. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insurance, working to improve financial literacy and the economic empowerment that comes with it. >> 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] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- tavis: please welcome dennis miller to dispose program. the star is back on hbo with a new comedy special called "dennis miller: the big speech." here now, a preview of "dennis miller: the big speech." >> what is it with the european model president obama is striving for? we have over 300 million people. we cannot pursue the european model. give bill clinton that. when he said he dug european models, he actually meant european models. you have to respect that. [laughter] tavis: is obama not as good source material as clinton was? >> clinton was a treasure trove. he walked around in a perpetual

. >> 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] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- [applause] tavis: i think i want to start our conversation first with dr. west. i only do this because i was reading some clips of some of his media appearances of late, one in particular, where you were being asked about this conversation. and i thought we were friends. [laughter] in this article, you called this conversation america's next chapter. in the subhead, you talked about how america can return to its greatness. i want to start with the theme before we get into the particulars. we have three hours to drills. but you took exception in the piece i read, my par

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 tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversation at a time. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more. >> be more.

. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. we are proud to join tavis to remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. >> and i conversations to york pbs stations from viewers like you. -- and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: elizabeth warren is a special assistant to the president and the woman in charge of setting up the new consumer protection bureau. she is also a noted author whose books include "the two income trap." good to have you with us. >> good to be back on this program. tavis: when the announcement was made and the agreement to get the financial package that we would have this consumer protection bureau, i along with many americans thought that you should be the person to run it. having said that, the president chose to put you in charge of setting up the agency. how are we doing so far getting this set up? >> this is really exciting right now. i have spent my whole grown-up life working on economic issues affecting working families. a big part o

is it west and smiley or smiley and west? >> it is called smiley and west, but it really should be called west and smiley. it is on public radio international every week, and somebody asked me the other day when it was like working with him. and i said to him that it is a fascinating thing when you're hero becomes your friend. when you're hero becomes your friend did you have an opportunity to do a radio show with him or her in the to the opportunity to do that, it is one of the greatest hours of my week. every week, i look forward to it. it is a great show. host: we have a couple minutes left. phone call from north carolina. thanks for waiting. caller: good morning to everyone. you have gone through so much stuff. it is very hard to meet to pin something done. but i am going to say something, and i know it is going to make a lot of people angry. the republican party is the reason why this nation is split, and they've done it for the simple reason of getting elected. now democrats did not demonize the republican party. the re

i'm tavis smiley. tonight a conversation with actor robert duvall. it is has been 30 years since his film debut in "to kill a mockingbird." he's being discussed for another cad by award. if he gets the prize for best actor, it will come on the heels of his 80th birthday. a conversation with robert duvall, coming until right for you. tavis: i tell you, i'm hoppered to welcome robert duvall. the legendry actor turning if so many brilliant performances. it is easy to understand why he's a six-time oscar nominee. he's taking home the prize for his role in "tender mercies." he's an oscar nominee in his new film "get low." >> i want to be there. >> you will be. >> i want to be there now. >> you want to be at your funeral alive? >> yes, sir. >> but -- you can't have a funeral if you're not -- you know, deceased. hold on now, it is a detail. we can look at it. pretty big detail. >> you want to have a funeral party while you're aleve so you can go. alive so you can go. >> yes or no? >> yes. >> we need to make a list of who mr. bush wants to invite. >> sit dow

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of the findings that they have revealed first of all the crew did not check the weather forecast for smiley airdrome before takeoff it was also found that the captain was not qualified to handle the two you one fifty four in those weather conditions there was also pressure from the commander in chief of air forces and in fact it was found that he did have alcohol in his blood during an autopsy also there was no explosion on board before the crash and the investigation has claimed that not one person alone can be blamed for the incident and it was also said that the air traffic controllers at the smiley ounce crew were controlling i should say traffic over the smile. did advise several times the crew to land at an alternative airdrome nearby during the presentation of the film was also shown which details the last thirty six minutes of that tragic flight let's now take a listen to some of the clues that investigators got to as to why there was pressure to land. quickly. the phrase of the navigator pronounced to this moment he'll go crazy. here the navigator there saying he'll go crazy it is

[inaudible conversations] >> tonight, television and radio host tavis smiley hosts a form called "america's next chapter." one of the topics discussed was the recent shooting in tucson. the first example of the answer been found in the problem would be the shooting in tucson and this conversation the country is involved in about stability. tell me how it is that that is the way forward if it requires a heinous act like that to get us to have a conversation about civility. i have heard members of congress for the last week passing themselves on the back and sticking their chests out reminding us that we are no -- not republicans or democrats. we are all americans. we were all americans a week ago before it happened . it can take an act like this to make us realize we are all americans. >> you can see this at 8:00 p.m. eastern and 5:00 p.m. pacific on c-span. tomorrow on "washington journal ," a discussion on the 112th congress and the obama administration. also a discussion of china's president hu jintao's visit to the united states. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. tomorrow on n

i'm a reporter for the "washington post" and i joined here with jane smiley. very pleased to see you and to have you here. jane has written a really interesting book that sort of at this -- "the man who invented the computer." the biography of john atanasoff. this seems like a departure, the biography. different from a lot of your work that you are better known for. why write this book? what interested you about john atanasoff? >> guest: i studied at iowa state, i spent a long time in the state of iowa. my second husband was the editor of the magazine which is a history magazine of iowa. and around the time that the first book was written about john atanasoff he wrote a little article about john atanasoff. i remember sitting across the table from him, and him telling me the principles behind the abc computer, the first computer. and they were so crystal clear to me, he explained them clearly, and it was so interesting to me how they chilled in my mind, that they stuck in my mind. subsequently, i was asked to write a book about an american inventor, and i said

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it became a smiley straight ahead. the light and shadows were totally different than normal, magic. >> the swiss alps were bathed in a rosy glow. the skies darkened as two-thirds of the sun disappeared behind the moon. there will be four partial solar eclipses this year. that is the most for a decade. sadly, others will be in largely uninhabited places, so these czech children wanted to make the most of it. across north africa from morocco to the egyptian pyramids, astronomers and amateurs gazed in all. >> i guess if they were your 1000 years before they would see the exact same. it is nothing to do with technique. it is a wonder of nature. >> in iran, too, the eclipse drew clouds to telescopes. this students in tehran were given an outdoor astronomy lesson. in great britain, the eclipse was a sad disappointment. typical january whether prevented -- the typical january weather prevented most people from seeing it. but if you can get to the arctic on june 1, you'll get another chance. >> somehow, films with a starring l

minutes till dawn conservatives, and i would put in that category jack kemp and ronald reagan, the smiley face of conservatism. paul ryan, unfortunately for his national debut, someone who is well regarded by many, fell into the category of 5 minutes to midnight, things are dark and are going to be bleaker and this is the time for cold showers and root canal. >> five minutes to dawn, five minutes to midnight? >> there are two kinds of democrats,hose who's been, those who tell the truth. what we got from the president was a remarkable speech of spin. he did not even use the word "debt" until he was 35 minutes into the speech, and what he proposed was essentially nothing, the most trivial cuts come in a speech were the first half was all about new stimulus. it is as if nothing had happened, as if he was going to continue it exactly as he -- if the facehe electorate is not serious when it says it wants shrinking of government -- >> the electorate is not serious, and you see that all the time. they want it generically but not specifically. there are not willing to pay -- they are not willing

into the presidential plane crash that happened in april last year just outside the russian city of smiley and scott a lot of outrage was initially heard from poland but today's address by the polish prime minister actually comes as the voice of reason the polish prime minister. mentioning to his call we that it is unwise to try and politicize this tragedy that the quest for truth couldn't be more with political mind games in sight and that opposition members should keep that in mind when they sensationalize the investigation because he made it clear that politicizing this tragedy is not in the headlines benefit. the truth to be complete and we realize that it will be inconvenient to many there is a complex number of causes for the crash it's convenient to blame the pilots that are in depression but others it will be convenient to blame the russians but it be the whole truth the organization that seeks the truth must not be influenced by forces in poland that wanted to be with them there are more and more people specifically within poland's political elite that do believe that politicizing