it was also a crisis of the family. the vast majority of the newly unemployed 15 million workers were once bread-winning men in the industrial setting. not by convince den, the u.s. marriage and birth rates both tumbled by 20% during the short 1929 to '33 period. the opening years of the great depression. the roots of the new deal in religiously communal thinking and the actual pro-family nature of many new deal projects converge in the story of arthur altmire, and the social security amendments of 1939. born and rared in small town wisconsin, from german immigrants. at the university of wisconsin he became a student of john commons who emphasized ways for government to protect families and communities from so-called predatory special interests. according to historian linda gordon, most members of this wisconsin school of social reform "took their christianity very seriously." and considered their reform work part of a christian moral vision. unquote. altmire's opportunity came in 1937 when the new social security system

very often it's at the expense of the family. nse of the children to -- very often existing families have a hard time. the birth rate is getting lower and lower and we have less and less children. life is getting faster and faster. there's more and more to do in our profession. we have less and less freedom. more and more families are out of breath, let's say. and now they are in a new stage where people establish partnerships, have children, but everything is difficult. it's difficult to reconcile everything. older people who have a lot of social skills and would like to help very often live alone or in old folks home. so how can we overcome all these obstacles to a family life? how can we bring young and old together? what structures should we build for the next generation and be responsible for each other? >> translator: dialog about germany's future, first the theme generation. who is responsible? who takes responsibility? who commits one? we're going to start with this gentleman here, microphone is coming. wait. and then this

since the 1960's. families told us through city surveys, especially the ones conducted every two years. there are three main issues. the cost of living, the cost of housing, and the perceived quality of the public schools. those are the three top schools repeatedly mentioned by families. supervisor farrell: do you have those surveys done after -- year after year? >> we have so many that have been conducted recently -- frequently. you have heard organizations that have conducted data. we do not lack for services -- for sources or information. the issue of why so many families exit at age 5, at age five is when people are entering that schools or -- and they do not get their choices or they are uncomfortable and they leave. also housing. when your child is 5 years old, you need another bedroom by now. maybe you started to have another child at this point. your family is growing. that is where the housing becomes a squeeze which is why families leave around age five. those are the main reasons why 5 seems to be th

their family to different museums during the week. all these three programs are in need-blind and accessible by all families. able to be accessed by all families. how many cities have programs like that? the fact we have these kinds of resources is amazing. the fact that we have 61 different departments and organizations focused on supporting children and families, there is a lot going on here. in terms of the second point, the second point is what san francisco needs. a clear city policy platform suit -- for supporting our families. clear goals, outcomes, david chiu mentioned to measure both. this is a clear focus for what needs to be done for our families and gives us that ability to be focused on what we need to do collectively. everyone being on the same page. linking together. when we look at other cities, this is something that is not [unintelligible] boston, the same land size as us and has a slightly higher population, they started something called countdown to kindergarten and number of years ago. it is a model and a brilliant

we want them to raise the families here. the real question is, how do we shift resources and approaches in the infrastructure and the most important, development capital. what is the game plan? where do we start? i'm sorry that this did not have all lot of specific data. we were trying to present this as a snapshot with the family fight issues. we would be glad to provide you with significant information later on. supervisor farrell: next, i am going to ask chris from the seine and cisco unified school district to come up. do you want to talk real quick? i know you have to leave by 1:45. here we go. >> i will tell you, we are focusing on trying to help the solution. >> we have the population and the neighborhood. supervisor farrell: from members of the public, can you mention what first five is and the organization? >> we are a city department the comes from two sources. one is from california. this is a tobacco tax dollars set-aside. the other funding stream we have is the local money for a preschool. that is a real strategy

families last year and 3000 children. in the demographics are 40% hispanic. this support parent leadership, child interaction, we're doing of a lot of family in the early literacy work. what we know and what we're hoping is that access to support early on, most of the families are young children that we are going to have a safety net and a strong connection in the city. we are now out in 130 sites, 230 classrooms. we served over 3000 children, 4- year-olds. and we serve about 2003-year- old the attendee preschools. 80% of our children the purchase of pay -- who have seen from policy changes that there has been a 20% increase of children, and that is because we are requiring that all of our preschools serve at least 25% low income families and also accept vouchers. this is the first time we have ever done that. 83% of kindergartners have been enrolled in preschool, that is about a 10% increase over the last three years. supervisor farrell: a lot of this compares against other cities -- >> we are the highest personal enrollment in the state of california. our st

the family will decide on the future of our society. for 7 million children, there's a risk to live in an life. there's 4 million out of wedlock children and 3 million illegal children. and we're not taking into account the reality. we should have a law that takes into account the quality of parenting. and also we should encourage the parents to be parents. i have a model that i would like to propose to you. number one, the heart of the family in my model is a new law for parents and giving rights to the children and equal rights to the parents and the children. number three. we should have philosophy that ensures that we maintain children's rights. then the role of the family should be at the heart of society. we should give optimum living conditions to the family. the children must be protected within their family also. the old laws only protected 2 million children. and i think that we should use my model that would protect 14 million family communities and that would cover the 7 million of children who are not covered now. the chanc

the madison family chemistry remained here. there are over 100 members of the madison family buried here, but the -- but you would never know that by looking at it because in fact there are only about 40 tombstones in this cemetery. we know from these records, in fact, that madison's parents are buried in unmarked graves. we know that madison's parent are buried in unmarked graves. the marker on james madison's grave was not put in place until some 20 years after he passed away. let's step inside and take a closer look at the marker over his grave site. as we walk across the land here, this open area, our archaeological excavations, that revealed that this entire part of the chemistry is in fact filled with burial sites. we've done just enough archaeology to determine where those grave shafts were doug. we have not excavated any of the remains. we don't feel that that's an appropriate aspect of our archaeological program, but we have enough to understand that this is the full extents of a family burial ground. madison's grave is

the new family. since 1940, the presentation reported, 5 million new families had formed in america. an increase of 15% in only seven years. moreover, vast numbers of families were climbing into the middle class. in consequence, we see all around us the pleasant homes of american citizens and one of the greatest reasons for our confidence in future prosperity lies in the number of homes that must be built, furnished and equipped. spiritual reawakening. the new america also had a significant spiritual quality. manifested in our devotion to many religions, our love of our country and respect for our national decency. our love of our children, and our grandchildren, and our faith in the american way of life. these values undergirded our new-found confidence, our awakening to the new and almost limitlop power. the new america has rediscovered the nation's historic freedom. the american nation stood at the , loos used greatness. "life" magazine in particular to br boom, the bread winner, homemaker, child-r

however, we in the city are doing a lot to mitigate these factors, to support families to stay in the city, and to attract new families to come into the city. i, for one, and a transplant from the east coast. if people were to ask me why i came to the city, and number of things. i love the environment here. i love the culture. i want my children to grow in a place that has lots of diversity. i want my children to be exposed to the way of life and thinking in the city. one of the reports you have in front of you is dated 2005-2008. it is called tackling family flight. back in 2005, mayor newsom tasked the city to strengthen the foundation of support for children, youth, and families. we know the only way to really tackle family flight, because it is multifaceted, is by creating a collaboration with in the city and with our private partners. i believe this is the key. we need to get everyone in the city on the same page having this conversation. it is one thing to have city officials having this conversation, but we need to bring philanthropic and corporate partners. the council identif

going back to the first chart, you saw white families leaving in the '60s and '70s. now we have african-american families moved into the suburbs. a lot of this movement occurred before the recession. many of these are working class families. they have moved to the suburbs or the safety net is nowhere near as strong as in san francisco. the other concern about this with african-americans is that it shows the number of homeowners in san francisco. a lot of the phenomenon was that they've you have the largest of ownership rate for many years. a lot of homeowners cashed in their chips and moved out of the city. the show's the number of african american homeowners in the city. they have declined much faster. 37% fewer. one of the major concerns from my department is isolation is a huge factor in terms of negative outcomes for low-income families and seniors as well, as i mentioned earlier. if families with resources moved away, who did not move? a lot of them are the families who did not have the resources to move away. not only are they struggling with fewer resources, bu

president chiu: it is almost to reverse the family flight trend we're seeing. >> it is countering the trend, yes. when we talk about family fight overall -- flight overall. i know one issue that has been in the news lately has been about the redesign of the student assignment process. one issue of controversy, there are a lot of misperceptions and questions that have been raised about it. the choice-based enrollment system, is not like most districts where you go to your neighborhood and it is automatically based on where you live. what we find is that 84% of the families receive one of their choices. what is important to note is that of those choices that they make, less than 25% desire a neighborhood school. what we try to do is strike a balance between the desire for a neighborhood school versus choices present throughout the city. striking that balance -- i think it was an extensive and exhaustive process, an enormous amount of listening to parents. that is what went into place this year. to understand the achievement trend, we are the highest performing an urban school district i

the eisenhower family has been simple. my father, john d. eisenhower and heir of his will wrote this. the memorial commission has repeatedly suggested that among other things the eisenhower family is not united in its views. i'm also submitted a statement for my brother david for the record. they publicly intervened when we learn the design concept wuds evolving. suddenly it was slated for fast track review and late spring ground breaking. wl be a public partnership. so the funding element correct is redesign will be the only way to make this acceptable to the american people to the the american people. it will be their memorial, and it will express not just their esteem, but we are as a people and what this part we want to leave for future generations. thank you very much. >> we'll have some questions from the panel. >> miss eisenhower, if i may and th here. >> thank you. >> in your statement you stated that the family is committed to to playing the role in insuring an open an transparent process for myself and for the committee, could you p

it affects the whole family. one of the things we say is that risk factors are not predictor factors, they're protector factors. and the one thing is that we do protect the community with the recovery support services and there's many, of course, paths to the family not only al-anon and narc-anon, but also, of course, culturally when you talk about latinos or african americans, you know african americans they'll go to the church first and they'll see the pastor before they'll see a professional, and, of course, they'll take the whole family and the pastor is not skilled in the course of addiction and disease so it's very important also that the families get all the resources in the community and know about not only addiction but also mental health and how do i tap into those resources? well we are training- nacoa is going around the country training. it's called a nondenominational training program. we have some clergy guidelines as to what clergy can do. so there are resources, at least we're beginning to pay a l

the way they disrupted black family life. that was true, but the unasked question is where do how folk and how do black folk create any family life in the context of slavery? what was the nature of that family life? and how did that family life function as a resource for community development and community empowerment? and if you could say a few things about that. >> i could say a few things about that. well, there's -- it's a big topic. and it has been a topic of some debate, scholarly traditions come and go. there was at first an emphasis on the breakup of the black family, and then when other historians came along and said, no, that's too much focusing in on victimization. there were coping mechanisms that blacks developed in order to maintain a sense of family life. and that was certainly the case from the things that i've seen and what comes across very clearly, i think, in this book is we're looking at family in a sort of a traditional, modern, almost 1950s sense, mother, father, nuclear family with great assurances that

. >>> the family still cannot believe that she is gone. it was monae's brother who found her body in the alley. the family went searching for the teen when she didn't come home on is the day night. brian kuebler sat down with the family. >> i couldn't explain to you, really. it's so devastating to see something, her laying there. >> you think any parent can explain it? >> no actually, no. >> her mother said monae was bright. police say monae was accidentally shot to death when the gun that two teens were playing with went off. >>> a 3-year-old girl made her way home finally from a chuck e. cheese. jeff hager has more on how this little girl named harmon nip ended up in the shopping -- harmon harmony ended up in the shopping center. >> reporter: 3-year-old harmony found herself left behind at this chuck e. cheese in bel air and sought out an employee for help. the manager called police. >> they remembered the large party coming in four adults, multiple children. unfortunately, they had paid in cash and they had not made a reservation prior t

we appreciate that the youth and family voices have been incorporated. i would actually like to be a co-sponsor of the legislation. i know the budget crisis makes it very difficult and i do have a concern. i appreciate the plan and being strategic, using resources as strategically as possible but i know that in december, i was alerted by one community-based group that closed its door as of yesterday or two days ago, a great model of restored of justice, training middle school students and others to empower themselves and look at the justice in communities. the funding cuts have been severe but i'm wondering how the action plan can be implemented. >> first, this is just the first piece. it's difficult to make targeted funding decisions. in terms of making funding decisions, we looked at various areas, including performance and the numbers. restored of justice is a very important, especially a peer court model. we are trying to figure out if there is future funding, how we would use it to actually increase or design an effective, community-based approach fo

frank gehry who has graciously interacted with members of the eisenhower family. the public debate has demonstrated that the american people overwhelmingly endorse the memorial, but they are saying it's time to go back to the drawing board, and we agree. aside from all the things that have been said in the press and in the internet, we have been inundated as family members with letters about the unmet challenge of creating a fitting memorial. given this, mr. chairman, the eisenhower family sees no alternative but to suggest two remedies, one to redesign the eisenhower memorial and two to call on the eisenhower memorial commission to review its staff management and stakeholder policies. first, let me address myself to the design. great monuments in our country make simple statement that encapsulate the reason the memorial has been erected in the first place. george washington is remembered as the father of our country. the lincoln memorial declares that he saved the union. the monument to christopher columbus at union station says he gave to mankind a new world. one

the family members say he threatened to kill them. police say when they arrived on the scene, the man pulled the gun and fired at them. they fired back but no one was hit in the exchange. >> ama: a freon leak in the warehouse at costco in concord. >> alan: a 7.2 quake has struck off the coast of chile. it prommed an emergency evacuation order for people living near the ocean in case of a fume but so far there are no immediate reports of death or injuries. >> ama: hundreds of thousands turn out for mass with the pope today in mexico, and how cubans are preparing for their meeting with the leader of their church. >> alan: film director james cameron goes to place where only two men have gone before. >> ama: the record, breaking weekend for "the hunger games". >> leigh: we started off the morning with scattered showers and some reports of hail in san jose, and we're ening the afternoon and evening period with clearing. a nice break tomorrow. moyer rain -- more rain and win in the seven-daycl >> ama: the u.s. has given money the victims of

for victoria discovering the blood type was just the tip of the iceberg searching through the family's files at home she found old documents that had been untouched for years and those of their song when andre turns one month i went to the doctor to measure his height and weight him i was very surprised the baby weight or three hundred grams at birth but when his charge from hospital his away it was three thousand two hundred fifty grams. his height was fifty six centimeters but a month later it's worth fifty two centimeters back then when i was young i thought that my milk was so bad. the oldest son in the bulldog family has always been an introvert always reserved and silent he was nothing like his occult going parents and didn't kick up a fuss like his brothers. when the two younger sons were born we began noticing that he was somewhat different and did not sit down at the table together with us he refused to eat what we ate it would stand up and walk off without saying anything now people often told us he's very unlike you and to laughed it off yes he is more like our neighbor. nic

the logo. our mission is to help families through out. our primary focus of the department -- this is an important topic. i want to structure my presentation by making the connection that adrian had in her first presentation, a list of factors that impact families. the director also talked about quality of life issues. i am just a sort of making the connection between parks and open space and recreation, the fundamental purpose of this hearing is to help families that have been living in the area. it is clear and in disputed, -- and indisputed. parks improve safety. it has strongly been linked to reductions in crime and juvenile delinquency. their national organizations that study urban park system's a great deal at there are tons of data to give people safe environments to interact with their peers. parks also improve public health. at the center for disease control has reported that childhood of the city has tripled. the children spend less time outdoors than any generation in human history, devoting the 4-7 minutes a day to unstructured

then the family says they pretended to be upset over her disappearance, joining in the search for monae, and eventually guiding her brother to her body. >> that's an accident? "oh, i shot my friend or i hurt my friend. i'm going to call the police immediately, 911. i'm going to get some help." but not hold the body and have the family looking and calling and pretending that you do not know what is going on. >> the boys are charged as juveniles with involuntary manslaughter. more charges could be filed once they figure out who owns the gun and how the kids got a hold of it. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> we are following breaking news. fire crews on the scene of a town house fire. it broke out just after 3:00 a.m. this morning on cutler harbor. 80s too close to firefighters about an hour to control the blaze. there were no reports of any injuries. police are searching for information about a dead the case of aggravated assaults. it happened last night on west mulberry street. one man died at the scene and another was rushed to a hospital with serious injuries. no word as to a suspect or

is miss susan eisenhower who will be representing the eisenhower family. miss eisenhower, if we can have you come up to the microphone. and then we'll have enough room for everyone else that happens to be there at the time. once again, any written testimony that you may have to present or wish to present will be included in the record as will be the letters that the ranking member mentioned earlier will be added without objection to the record. we appreciate it. the timing device in front of you for you and everyone else who will be speaking is obviously the green light signifies that we have it started. the yellow light signifies you have one minute left and the red is when the time is expired. we're ready to hear your oral comments, we are hoping you can limit them to the five minutes if possible. miss eisenhower, thank you very much for joining us. the time is yours. >> thank you very much, chairman bishop, ranking member grijalva, distinguished members of the committee. i'd like to first acknowledge my sister ann eisenhower who is with me here today. le

police say and neighbors say the family did to. a former classmate we spoke to said she is shocked to hear about what police say he planned to do. the 19-year-old graduated in the top 10% of his class in howard county in 2010. he was a member of the national honor society as well as honor society for spanish and art. now he is under going tests after threatening to open fire on fellow students on the campus of the university of maryland. another man attended with him and graduated last year. she couldn't believe the news. >> not at all. not at all. i don't -- i didn't think at all he was capable of saying something like that but i guess you can never be to sure. >> reporter: neighbors of the family told us they didn't have many interactions with them. nobody answered the door. >> he is quiet but he -- he was -- sociable. >> reporter: police say he claimed in online postings and chat that he wanted to kill enough people to make it to national news. they arrested him sunday. >> i was worried would be like virginia tech. we were all li

if we are going to do the mission that families need us to do, the city is committed to keeping families and keeping them happy, healthy, and thriving, as a matter of public policy, we have to make a decision to invest more. which of 12% of the city's land, less than 2% of the general fund. we have been asked to reduce our spending over the last seven years. the public demand has not dissipated. and if we want to keep the families that we have, and we have more families that need and demand the services, it is only going to increase. i would much rather see haunt and investment in playgrounds and public recreation. it is critical. the public agrees. 82% of the respondents said that the city's recreation and park department he more funding. eight out of 10 respondents spoke -- focused on playground equipment. maintaining the safety is extremely important. president chiu, you asked about the department doing a lot of things. there are a handful of the apartments that spend a lot of time focused on this. a lot of departments really share this mission. i agree it would be important to come u

we believe that the government is stalling. and we love trayvon's family and we're here for them, but again, they have killed millions of black men and women. so not only are we calling for justice for trayvon, we're talking about the millions americans murdered who never had justice. don't put the spotlight on the new black panther party. we didn't commit the murder. >> you say you're here for trayvon's family, though, but his family does not want you there. i mean, you're saying you're here for them. >> well, you tell -- you tell the justice department eric holder and president obama to get off they ass and do they work and arrest this man. >> you say you're calling for justice for trayvon martin. aren't you really calling for vengeance, though? >> no sir. we can make a citizens arrest but the united states government will not do they job. according to the constitution we have that right. again, you cannot put the burden on the new black panther party's back. put it in the lap of george zimmerman. put it in the lap of no good bill lee. i'm not going to c

the family had just begun seeking help for him. police had been called to the apartment on different occasions. one police officer took a special interest in abell because he too was a vet. they were trying to get him help. a family friend says there were people, including the mother and sister who were afraid of abel and he was known to carry a gun with him. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> 5:03. we are following developing news in napa. firefighters are still on the scene of a light night house fire. crews were forced to let that house burn because there was live ammunition inside. the fire did cause the ammunition to explode so crews had to back up and take a defensive position. the flames were contained before 11:30 last night. investigators searching for a cause, nobody injured. >> superior court judge expected to on whether he will allow a report to be released on the pepper spraying at uc davis during a protest. last night the judge released a tentive ruling saying he did not agree with arguments by police officers' union attor

the family does not believe it was an accident. there were boys with her and they did not call 911. police say the boy's panicked. the family pretended to be upset over her disappearance and guiding her brother to her body. >> that was an accident. "i shot my friend. i will get some help." but not have the family pretended you do not know what is going on. >> the boys are charged with involuntary manslaughter. more charges could be filed once they figure out who owns the gun and how the kids got a hold of it. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> a man faces heavy jail time after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to deprive a person of their civil rights. he hung a dead raccoon. he wanted to frighten a family and interfere with their housing rights. he faces 10 years behind bars. another record number of applicants, including more from women and minority. a large increase in the number of students who have except in a position with the school. navy hopefuls will compete for fewer spots. there will accept at least 30 fewer applicants. >> examining a proposal to renovate some downtow

processing fees which are a burden to the families involved. it should be dealt with face-to- face at local offices or at least within the u.s. if you stress family, -- our l1 was granted three times and then the ninth three years later. are there any rays of hope? following my experience in london, i returned to the u.s., arriving at sfo. the immigration agents looked at my file and ask why i did not get a green card. i told him i plan last year but it was denied. but they gave you an e2 investor visa, he said. i know, i said. he said, welcome back. [applause] >> thank you for the opportunity to appear before you this evening. i am a 44-year-old mother and help weiss -- housewife from pacifica, california. i am grateful to share my story with you on an issue that is so critically important to my family and others in the same situation. i am honored to be here today with my partner of 23 years jay mercado. i met him as a graduation present when my father brought me to the u.s.. when we met, our love was instant. since then, we have been committe

the --annie. i was just arrange in a family reunion. d up on the front page of the new york times it turned into an international press conference and took on a life of its own and i didn't see that coming. >> one of the things you brought up his stories that we here in the public eye but also in our own family, particularly in our own family may not be reliable. one of your chapters was no your family name was unchanged at ellis island was i was drawn to because my family came through ellis island. tell us what that message is because we have got a lot of messages about our own family history and you are drawing some suspicion to validity of them. >> if you are a genealogist you know about this. that chapter is me venting. that is one of the big three. a lot of people think names were changed at ellis island and they were not. they had people who spoke 70 languages. many were native speakers themselves so they made every effort to get the names as accurate as they could. it was not evil immigration officials to block off a few syllables