but yet phyllis wheatley learned to read latin. at some point as a teenager, probably with the wheatleys' encouragement, phyllis took up her pan and began to compose poetry. the wheatleys were stunned by phyllis's gift and began to seek publication for her works in newspapers. one of her poems on george whitfield, the minister, was published. and it gained widespread attention both in the british colonies and in england. so phyllis wheatley, then, was actually gaining fame as a poet in the years just prior to the american revolution or to the declaration of american independence. the wheatleys actually believed that phyllis's work should be published as a book. and they tried to find an american publisher for her work without success. so in may of 1773, they sent phyllis, along with their son, to england. there phyllis wheatley made contacts with many notable people who were supportive of her talents and impressed by her abilities. she gained a patroness, the countess of huntington who sponsored the publication of her book. and in

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american culture, menino of the historical accomplishments of the african- american women, phyllis wheatleyrriet tubman, leader of underground railroad. ida wells, the unyielding upon it to a lynching. rosa parks, of course, the mother of the modern civil rights movement and on and on. gwendolyn brooks, tommy morrison -- toni morrison. wonderful writers. awe still have a ways to go, we hav a long ways to go. as an author to have helped our human rights commission read the agenda we have a ways to go. [applause] that is why i look at the audience, i see a lot of people that will help us get there. our board of supervisors are here, our other elected officials, the treasure is here. members from all the other communities are here. because it is not just something the african-american community can do. the chinese -- a chinese person can help with the advantage to agenda. a latino person can help. a korean person can help. a gay person can help. everyone can help accomplish the unfinished agenda for everyone. i often talk about partnerships. we have to partner with our african-american communi

one of the requirements we have is whatever site wheatley's for program space must be at below market rate. fresh and easy has agreed that they will consider below market rate rates for the leaseholder. i also understand there are a number of community issues that are currently being addressed by fresh and easy. it is my hope that as these discussions continue with the community that all of the issues that have surfaced will be addressed and there will be successful in opening their gross restore. thank you -- their grocery store. thank you. >> my name is jon frankel. i represent a small school in the mission. i am all for affordable food and affordable was restored. i am concerned -- and affordable grocery stores. but i am concerned with the extreme reliance on automated checkout. there have been other grocery stores there. i do not have a problem with the grocery store being there. but when there is this model, it can have a definite threat of really undercutting mom and pop businesses in the neighborhood that other stores did not. i am concerned about that. the other thing about au

american culture, menino of the historical accomplishments of the african- american women, phyllis wheatleyt tubman, leader of underground railroad. ida wells, the unyielding upon it to a lynching. rosa parks, of course, the mother of the modern civil rights movement and on and on. gwendolyn brooks, tommy morrison -- toni morrison. wonderful writers. awe still have a ways to go, we hav a long ways to go. as an author to have helped our human rights commission read the agenda we have a ways to go. [applause] that is why i look at the audience, i see a lot of people that will help us get there. our board of supervisors are

wheatley incapable of being disciplined enough to deliver a stump speech in single days and by the way at seven percent gingrich stage this comeback he's the comeback kid so super tuesday could be here he is the comeback kid here in atlanta in tennessee he has to be very well if you does not do very well he will be a lot. the pressure on newt gingrich too funny to leave the race. now i know that they do this political horse race coverage every day and i usually criticize them for the inane details they choose to spend hours discussing profit through little mix of campaign coverage and then everyone's other favorite fear mongering on iran it's all met with conspicuously absent today defiant iran taunting the west iran is calling it a major achievement its nuclear program scientists have loaded nuclear fuel rods into the core of a research reactor tehran is fueling it centrifuges with nuclear fuel and that is stoking fears that the rogue state is indeed one step closer to an atomic bomb is this another step potentially on the roads road to potentially making nuclear weapons and is certai

jack wheatley probably needed. it looks like we're the good so coming our way for the weekends we can plants outdoors and looks like it could be very saw the outside today though f partly cloudy skies and chilly temperatures of your head around the bay area early on some of those numbers must work down into the thirties is currently 36 degrees in santa rosa and 39 in concord. by this afternoon we're looking at some 50 some 60 cell it should be a dry day fairly cool especially as he approached the coastline that is to look toward the weekend those clouds moved in and here comes that storm. it looks like owls and showers by saturday afternoon showers likely to continue into sunday more rain expected to the middle of next week. i had some halting a chips early as that made me a little foot climb to i'm better now. let's go back toward the peninsula. i think they may have just declared this to the shoulder when no longer seeing a slowing in the last decade tell crew had just arrived on scene cell will let you know as s

this is at wheatley road. have a multi-vehic vehiclvehicl., five cars involved in this accident. going watch it for you all morning long. now good news if you're traveling 295. trying to get on to the beltway. had a disabled vehicle blocking your ramp. it's now out of the roadway. let's talk about the jam that i see on the outer loop of the beltway. right as you approach new hampshire avenue. i'll give you a live look now. very slow as you make your way on the outer loop. these delays continue to georgia avenue. your average travel speed, under speed, 33 miles per hour. taking about 17 minutes to get from i-95 to i-270. aaron and eun, over to you. >> danella, thank you. >>> new overnight, thieves broke into a home in the 4800 block of carriage park road in fairfax. that's right across from george mason university. police say two men armed with guns broke into that home and stole electronics. there were five guys inside the house at the time. nobody got hurt. >>> you n higher chance of getting caught if you illegally pass a stopped school bus

one of them is brian wheatley.hen he started teach willing, his job was stable, classes were small. not the case for the newest teachers his union represents. >> it's the worry about whether they will stay in the profession and the worry about the next group of people. why would they want a crazy existence? >> reporter: he worries that if the profession draws in people, even with the laid-off numbers of teachers in the job market, it may not be real. >> if it's real, my sense is that it's two or three years down the road because there are -- teachers, laid-off teachers out there now. >> reporter: still, universities like san jose state says they will keep training the teachers of tomorrow while at the same time knowing they know exactly what they're in for. the teacher credentialing numbers will be presented in sacramento tomorrow. in san jose, nbc bay area news. >>> a southern california teacher is on administrative leave after students accused of her of moonlighting at an internet porn star. at first the claim wa

it's easy to quote the old liberal presidents against the liberals that get the wheatleys when you mention god but it's important with a number of our presidents. >> the mika furnace coming to you. >> slightly different. all of your books are wonderful so i can't wait to read this one but i will sort of ask you about your point about conservatives to direct some of their attention to congress. in my view, there is an even bigger hurdle to get them to care about the constitution so particularly to that a slight uptick with rand paul and mike lee but by and large my experience is they are quick to abandon and it's not like the half as well thought up hatred of the constitution. the kind of like it privately, and they will let you know that but that we have got to federalize this crime and that crime and we've got to do all these things that violate. is it an institutional problem? what can we do if we want to restore their concern for the constitution >> they take that. >> that's a hard question to answer because it is a complicated problem with lots of parts to it. let me answer it this way

this is route 6 at wheatley road in laplata, maryland. all lanes still blocked.f the beltway, accident blocking the right lane. this is approaching colesville road. seeing delays around connecticut avenue and they continue as you make your way to colesville. on i-270 at falls road you are slow a you connect to the spur. back to you. >> we are looking at a mice warmup. a check of the forecast when we [ male announcer ] technology accelerates at a relentless pace. anything not moving forward is moving backward. [ tires screech ] [ engine turns over, tires squeal ] introducing the 2013 gs. with the lexus enform app suite, the most connected information and communication technology available in an automobile. [ tires screeching ] the all-new 2013 lexus gs. there's no going back. good morning. bright sun and temperatures in the 30s to 40 degrees later today in rapid warmup. we should make it into the mid and upper 60s by mid afternoon. lots of sunshine and few clouds coming through midday. then tomorrow another mild day. increasing clouds during the afternoon. might g