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Yeah, this is over. applause maureen dowd, welcome. Thank you evan. Nice to see you. Thank you. Here we sit a few weeks from the election. Please tell me its going to be okay. laughter what reassurances can you bring me . I cant bring you any. [evan] no . I think were headed for a Zombie Apocalypse here. Do you . And thats regardless of the outcome . No, im teasing. I just think that weve never had two candidates who were so unpopular and everybody is trying to decide who to vote against rather than who to vote for. Not everybody, but many. Well a lot of people are saying this is really gonna ...

Time . Yeah, i mean, its awkward for me, just because, you know, as a person, i hate to wear that, even though some people identify that. But its good to make work; i mean, thats what it comes down to. Its good to make work, and for me, its just as an artist not as a native person or an american person, but as an artist its important to make things that kind of explore, you know, who we are as americans, who i am as a native american, what tribalism means, and so thats all just, you know, part of it. Hinojosa you, though. The film that everybody has seen Smoke Signals was extraordinary, becaus...

Audience laughter this is overheard. audience applauds evan mcmullin, welcome. Great to be here with you. Thank you for being here. So, youre a young guy. Im 40. Youre 40. Its nice of you to call me young. Well, compared to me, youre young. Youre still young too. Therefore, you were pretty young, three or four, during the 1980 president ial election cycle, when roger mudd famously asked ted kennedy, why do you want to be president . And he muffed the answer. Im gonna ask you the same question. Im gonna give you the same opportunity. Why do you want to be president . Because i think its time in...

You have done, essentially, is dedicated your life to looking at poor, disadvantaged communities and people and saying, i see amazing potential. Correct. I believe that most people are born into the world as assets, not liabilities. Its all in the way you treat people that drives behavior, so on the basis of the insight which is largely autobiographical i built a center in pittsburgh beginning in the 1960s to work with kids in the streets during the riots and unemployed adults during the early 1970s. And i redefined the strategy to work with Public School kids who are at risk by using the arts...

Are you gonna run for president . I think i just got an f from you, actually. This is overheard. Kelly mcevers, welcome. Thanks for having me. Nice to have you, now im going to violate the no high fives on pbs rule. kelly laughs what . And give you a high five over what a wonderful time this is to be in the News Business. Is this not the greatest moment to be doing what we do . This is a great time to be in the News Business every day, something you couldnt have ever believed. Thats true, right. Youre talking about the election i would imagine. Oh, and not only that, but even within the same d...