Leonard Lopate Weekend: Ben Kingsley & Patricia Clarkson, Presidential Parlance & New Orleans

This week: Actors Sir Ben Kingsley and Patricia Clarkson talk about their new film "Learning to Drive," where their characters strike up a unexpected kinship exchanging stories of culture, life, and love (first). Then, a look at how American presidents have enriched the American vocabulary and changed the way we speak (26:22). Plus, Gary Rivlin describes the Hurricaine Katrina's lasting effects on New Orleans and how the city has tried to rebuild and recover (58:44).