in jefferson city, missouri, independent line. caller: if the democrats would nominate tom emmers and all vote for him, he would get at least five more votes from the republicans and become the speaker. it will be better than the maga ring kisser johnson. listen up, democrats. host: what is it about tom emmers that you support? caller: he did not vote against the -- during the election process, he did not vote against biden for whatever trump thought they stole the election and everybody else like johnson voted to cast out the votes. host: the washington post, their lead editorial today, democrats should help elect a republican speaker. this is the case they make, saying republicans have considered even trying some of these options. they said what they have not done is rely on democrats to make the map -- math work. democrats have routinely backed their leader for speaker, the point of which is to raise the threshold for the republican candidate to achieve a majority on the floor. this has allowed a small number of gop radicals to

jefferson pretty for eight years, does nothing but cut the military budget readiness. some of the forts, including fort warburton is then fort washington, which were to protect the strategic potomac and protect capital city and capitol building. jefferson just ignores it the ford is staffed by a drunk that's the garrison and the artillery is mismanaged. some of the guns cannons don't have a i a firing platform. and then madison comes into office and madison is the heir apparent to jefferson sort of his disciple the way hamilton was washington's. so madison continues so by 1812 our standing army is a couple of thousand poorly trained folks without adequate weaponry or artillery. our navy a mismatch, our along the coast doesn't have firing platforms, doesn't have cannonballs. we are utterly unprepared. embarrassingly, it's shocker. when you look at it, it's really astounding to think about it, especially on the heels perhaps until your to your point, the overconfident of the quasi war experience versus what comes next. now, you mentioned madison. he's president during this. i think a lot of folks when they think of james madison, think of author of the constitution, they think of a founder extraordinaire.

in jefferson city, missouri, independent line. caller: if the democrats would nominate tom emmers and all vote for him, he would get at least five more votes from the republicans and become the speaker. it will be better than the maga ring kisser johnson. listen up, democrats. host: what is it about tom emmers that you support? caller: he did not vote against the -- during the election process, he did not vote against biden for whatever trump thought they stole the election and everybody else like johnson voted to cast out the votes. host: the washington post, their lead editorial today, democrats should help elect a republican speaker. this is the case they make, saying republicans have considered even trying some of these options. they said what they have not done is rely on democrats to make the map -- math work. democrats have routinely backed their leader for speaker, the point of which is to raise the threshold for the republican candidate to achieve a majority on the floor. this has allowed a small number of gop radicals to

. >> reporter: the man known as reverend g just returned from new york city where the jefferson award'sfoundation, multiplying good, honored him with the jacqueline kennedy onassis award for his local community service. he started a giant black history collage at the church in 1980. the san francisco landmark inspires young people at his long-running afterschool nonprofit that they can accomplish anything. >> young people are my first love. young african-americans, especially boys. >> reporter: reverend g paid tribute to the inspiration for his service, his late mother, a widow who raised him and nine siblings. >> my mother was an angel in disguise. i saw my heart being molded by watching her. she loved people, did not care about their race, creed, or color, nothing. we are all just human beings. >> reporter: now, reverend g turns his focus to the concerns that keep them up at night. >> our young african-american boys in the neighborhoods were killing each other and they still are. we have a serious problem in the city, and across the nation. >> reporter: he invites people to dedicate t

just returned from new york city where the jefferson award's foundation multiplying good honored himthe jackie kennedy onnasis award for his community service. he started a black history collage at the church in 1980. the san francisco landmark inspires young people at his long-running after-school nonprofit that they can accomplish anything. >> young people are my first love, and young african americans, especially boys. >> reporter: reverend g. paid tribute to the inspiration for his service. his late mother, a widow who raised him and nine siblings. >> my mother was an angel in disguise. i saw my heart get molded by watching her. she loved people, didn't care about their race, creed, color, nothing. and we all just human beings. >> reporter: now reverend g. turns his focus to the concerns that keep him up at night. >> a young african american boys in the neighborhood were killing each other and still are. we got a serious problem in the city, and, actually, all across the nation. >> reporter: he invites people to dedicate themselves to peace. to do that, he's sharing what he calls

city. sharon chin introduces us to this week's jefferson award winner. >> reporter: walk and the mission districtith susan and you cannot miss her art work. >> those were done almost 45 years ago. that's before people even knew what murals were. >> reporter: her story begins nearly 50 years ago. the painter was a young mother. >> i saw there wasn't any art in the community center. there wasn't any art in schools. i started volunteering my time at the community center to do free preschool art. >> reporter: art for kids and then classes for adults and more. >> i kept getting requests for murals. >> reporter: susan and her husband founded the association in 1977. the nonprofit is one of the few community mural art centers in the nation. it is collaborated on more than 700 community murals in the city and bay area. susan led the neighborhood mural project at garfield park swimming pool in 1980. kids drew ideas about life in the sea. >> we had the community have input. >> several artists, dozens of volunteers brought the mural to life. susan's work also brings neighbors together. >> gives ownership to

the paris is the city that connects me to thomas jefferson. i grew up and went to school in one of its suburbs. my sister and father are the only members of my family still living here. whenever i'm in town, i stay with the cables. she's a car geologist at a paris hospital and normally goes to work early in the morning. but today there's time for us to enjoy a french breakfast together. and friends, women like us who are born to black mother and a white father are called mid cheese or mixed race. we grew up used to terminology like this, together with race of slogans at school, at the workplace, and even in our own family, the most comfortable . she said she just takes down. you're gonna make him. i remember this time back when i was a med student in turn, when one of my classmates asked a girlfriend of mine a question. she didn't know the answer, but i did. and he said, i'm not listening to you. you have no idea. when i asked him why he looked at me and said, because they're black though that was really hard and i said, i'm sure he was lookin

just returned from new york city where the jefferson award's foundation multiplying good honored himor his community service. he started a black history collage at the church in 1980. the san francisco landmark inspires young people at his long-running after-school nonprofit that they can accomplish anything. >> young people are my first love, and young african americans, especially boys. >> reporter: reverend g. paid tribute to the inspiration for his service. his late mother, a widow who raised him and nine siblings. >> my mother was an angel in disguise. i saw my heart get molded by watching her. she loved people, didn't care about their race, creed, color, nothing. and we all just human beings. >> reporter: now reverend g. turns his focus to the concerns that keep him up at night. >> a young african american boys in the neighborhood were killing each other and still are. we got a serious problem in the city, and, actually, all across the nation. >> reporter: he invites people to dedicate themselves to peace. to do that, he's sharing what he calls the san francisco world peace aff

. >> reporter: the man known as 'reverend g' just returned from new york city where the jefferson awardsion, multiplying good, honored him with a jacqueline kennedy onassis award for his local community service. he started a giant black history collage at the church in 1980. the san francisco landmark inspires young people at his long running after-school nonprofit that they can accomplish anything. >> young people are my first love. and young african americans, especially boys. >> reporter: 'reverend g' paid tribute to the inspiration for his service. his late mother, a widow who raised him and nine siblings. >> my mother was an angel in disguise. i saw my heart being molded by watching her. she loved people. didn't care about the race, creed, color. nothing. we all just human beings. >> reporter: now reverend g turns his focus to the concerns that keep him up at night. >> young african american boys in the neighborhoods were killing each other and -- we have a serious problem in the city. and actually all across the nation. >> reporter: he invites people to dedicate themselves to peace

happened around 03:00pm near golden gate avenue and laguna street in the city's western addition neighborhood just blocks away from jefferson square. no word on the other victim's condition this evening. no arrests have been made. with more than 16,000 car break ins in san francisco this year alone, state senator scott wiener has announced a bill that he says. >> we'll make it harder for criminals to get away with those smash-and-grabs that would eliminate the requirement. the prosecutors have to prove a vehicle had been locked at the time. kron four's rob nesbitt reports. >> you've seen the smashed out car windows and unfortunately many of you have lived it. car break-ins are all too common. san francisco starting one is the ceo of band ago that rents vans to touring musicians and says his customers have become sitting targets. fact this morning i looked it up and every single one of our fans francisco and throw them into at least once he was joined at the san francisco palace of fine arts thursday by senator scott wiener, mayor london breed and district attorney brooke jenkins, who share that convicting a suspect of auto

this afternoon near golden gate avenue and laguna street in the city's western addition neighborhood. this just blocks away from jefferson square. no word so far on the other victim's condition tonight. and no arrests have been made tonight. we are learning the baby of a woman who was killed in a hit and run accident in san jose has also died. >> the crash happened at the intersection of blossom hill road and winfield boulevard near the westfield oakridge mall. the victim was identified as 21 year-old april murray glower. she was pregnant at the time of the crash. police say a stolen 2013 white hyundai sedan crashed into a car at the intersection and the 2 suspects inside ran away. the victim died at hospital. her baby delivered through an emergency c section died last night. one of the victims friends tells kron 4. having a hard time accepting that she and her baby are gone. >> april, amazing. she's a sweet girl. everybody loved being home everybody? >> a gofundme page has been set up to help april's family pay for funeral expenses. so far police have not identified the suspects in this case. anyone with information is

happened about 3 o'clock near golden gate avenue in laguna street in the city's western addition, neighborhood just blocks away from jefferson square. no word on the other victim's condition tonight. no arrests have been made. >> in oakland, a man is dead after his leg was severed in a hit and run crash. that happened last night near high street and international boulevard. police say that a stolen suv was speeding when it crashed into a car. they say that the impact cars that suv to i hit 2 parked cars on curbs on the curb, their pinning the victim's leg between them, the driver of the stolen suv ran off. the victim died in the hospital. anyone with information is being asked to call oakland police, oakland mayor sheng thao says that the city will soon have a new police chief today on kron. 4 news at noon. the mayor told us that the police commission has been hard at work and will be making its recommendations to fill that position shortly. mayor thao says that oakland, we'll have a new chief before the end of the year. >> i'm very optimistic that i will receive the 3 names they will recommend to me so that i can make a dec

city. sharon chin joining us now to introduce it to this week's jefferson award winner. fascinating story. >> yes, the story of susan cervantes. susan runs one of only a handful of community mural arts centers in the country. she is creating change through her work. >> reporter: walk around the mission district with susan cervantes, and you cannot miss her artwork. >> those were done 40, 45 years ago. that is before people even knew what murals were. >> reporter: her story begins nearly 50 years ago. the patron was a young mother. >> i stop there was not any art in the community center, there was not any art in the schools. so i started volunteering my time at the community center to do free preschool art. >> reporter: art for kids, then classes for adults, and more. >> i kept getting requests for murals. >> reporter: so susan and her husband, luis, founded -- muralist association in 1977. the nonprofit, one of the few community mural arts centers in the nation. it has collaborated in more than 700 community murals in the city and bay area. susan led a neighborhood mural

and there'll be some honest, the city commons from the pockets on the side as well, with the jefferson of the pockets on clicking more investigating to india as a do small moves, which means and in a country. so you know, a little bit of a, you know, a little bit of friction there, but overall i think indians on the very happy that the department fund forget to give you and they, they definitely want to see the wind again. yeah. i know that they have made it and given those controversial comments, tell us a little bit more about that. responses it officials or is it the public? what is the mood like now that pockets don't has arrived to compete squarely in the public as far as the public is concerned and very excited. there was a bit of a disappointment because the security was typed in the head of the 1 of march. this was about finding the match between all using and i focused on it was supposed to be open to the funds, but due to security concerns due to a lot of fixed to a being held around the same time. the police denied permission $44.00 times to come in and watch it. so the pane

city. sharon chin introduces us to this week's jefferson award winner. >> reporter: walk around the mission district with susan cervantes, and you cannot miss her art work. >> those were done almost 45 years ago. i mean, that's before people even knew what murals were. >> reporter: her story begins nearly 50 years ago, the painter was a young mother. >> saw that there wasn't any arts in the community center, there wasn't any art in the schools. so i started volunteering my time at the community center to do preschool art. >> reporter: art for kids, then classes for adults and more. >> i kept getting requests for murals. >> reporter: so susan and her husband, luis, founded the precita eyes muralists association in 1977. >> let me see here. >> reporter: the nonprofit one of the few community mural art centers in the nation. it's collaborated of more than 700 community murals in the city and bay area. susan led a neighborhood mural project at garfield park swimming pool in 1980. kids drew their ideas about life in the sea. >> and we had the community have input. >> reporter: then several artis

city. sharon chin introduces us to this week's jefferson award winner. >> reporter: walk around the mission servantes, and you cannot miss her art work. >> those were done almost 45 years ago. i mean, that's before people even knew what murals were. >> reporter: her story begins nearly 50 years ago, the painter was a young mother. >> saw that there wasn't any arts in the community center, there wasn't any art in the schools. so i started volunteering my time at the community center to do preschool art. >> reporter: art for kids, then classes for adults and more. >> i kept getting requests for murals. >> reporter: so susan and her husband, luis, founded the association in 1977. >> let me see here. >> reporter: the nonprofit one of the few community mural art centers in the nation. it's collaborated of more than 700 community murals in the city and bay area. susan led a neighborhood mural project at gar pld park swimming pool in 1980. kids drew their ideas about life in the sea. >> and we had the community have input. >> reporter: then several artists and dozens of volunteers brought the mura

around 03:00pm right near golden gate avenue and laguna street in the city's western addition neighborhood just blocks away from jefferson square. no word on the other victim's condition. no arrests have been made. and in the east bay and oakland man is dead after his leg was severed in a hit and run crash. all happened wednesday night near high street and international boulevard in oakland. police say a stolen suv crashed into 2 parked cars on the curb pending that victim's leg between them, the driver of that stolen suv ran off. the victim died at the hospital. developing news, oakland mayor sheng thao says the city will have a new police chief by the end of the year. mayor says the police commission they've been working really hard and they will be making their recommendations to fill that position very soon. >> i'm very optimistic that i will receive the 3 names that they will recommend to me so that i can make a decision around the police chief. and so we we timeline. we're back on track. and so i'm excited for those efforts. and by next year, we will have our new police chief. >> oakland has been without a police c

jefferson. professor of english at queens college and graduate center of the city university of new york. he has become best known as one of the most distinguished biographers of our era. covers thomas carlyle, mark twain, henry james, charles dickens, john quincy adams, abraham lincoln and thomas jefferson. he offers a biography of thomas jefferson by giving them english professors kind of attention to jefferson's written words. he only published one book in his lifetime, notes on the state of virginia, but of course, he wrote constantly. treatises like eight review of north america, legal briefs, the declaration of independence. above all, letters, thousands of them, which kaplan calls him on his most powerful and revealing writings. throughout his masterly pen, he brings a skilled biographers attention to how jefferson reveals himself or his writing often without intending to. as kaplan says, it is a book about jefferson partly because jefferson didn't want it to be a book about himself. the jefferson that we need here is surprisingly learned, precise, forceful. we also see him as a wr

that's in the city's western addition neighborhood. just a few blocks away from jefferson square and here in the video, you can see the entire area cordoned off as police conducted their investigation. no word yet on the other victim's condition. no arrests have been made either late, you know, want to find out more. also happening tonight, san francisco's palestinian american coalition will be holding a vigil for peace. they're asking for a cease-fire in gaza and immediate lift to the blockade that exists. the rally will be at the leo ryan park amphitheater. that's in foster city. the event is scheduled to start at 6 and it will run until 8. >> 10 41 and bar gets a bunch of money. final approval for funding on extending bar to san jose and santa clara, the metropolitan transportation commission mtc voted unanimously to allocate 375 million dollars to this project. that includes 5 miles of an underground tunnel. and for additional stations. the preconstruction starts early 2024. and the major construction should get going in early 2025. it's 10. 41 in. still ahead on the k

jefferson. fred kaplan is a distinguished professor of queens college and the graduate center of the city of university of new york. a scholar in 19th century literature has become best nose is one of the most distinguished biographers of our era. he has published biographies of thomas carlyle, mark twain, henry james, charles dickens, john quincy adams, abraham lincoln, gore vidal and thomas jefferson. in his masterly pen, offers a biography of thomas jefferson by giving an english professor's kind of attention to jefferson's written words. jefferson only published one book in his lifetime, notes on the state of virginia. of course, he wrote constantly. treat this as a view of british america, legal briefs, memoranda , declaration of independence and above all, letters. thousands of them. he calls among his most part all and revealing writings. throughout it, he brings a skilled biographers attention to how jefferson reveals himself through his writing often without intending to. on the state of virginia, it is a book about jefferson partly because jefferson did not want to be a book about himself. th

we're also challenging city councils in places like alabama to bring the representation -- terri: and county commissions. we have one in jefferson county. deuel: and so i say all that to say that it sometimes tkpwetsd lost when we're talking about the voting rights act, the implications of it, but what's really important is that this has always been a bipartisan bill. it's always been an act that is protected -- has protected democrats and republicans and i think it's really important that we continue to remember that when we think about the history of the voting rights act and who is protected and who its rights were meant to uphold which is those of all americans across the country and across the political spectrum. terri: what a great segue. you know, voting rights was, as you just rightly said, it used to be a very bipartisan issue. and in fact the voting rights act of 1965 has been re-authorized five times under four republican presidents. most recently in 2006, george w. bush signed it into law. 98-0 on the senate side, meaning all the senators signed onto it. but two, who weren't there. and then in the house, we passed it

citi. yes we heard from the fed chair jefferson who spoke to the same thing that daily was talking to bud toised this morning to see the scale of the move. lisa: it speaks to conviction. jonathan: the euro pops. they dollar is weaker/ we are positive on the session by 0.1%. 105.79, briefly 106. in the bond market monster rally. we are giving some of that up. in the fx market, a lot of dollar weakness. under surveillance this morning the conflict between israel and hamas in its fourth day with the death toll passed 1500, israel now regaining full control over towns near the gaza border formerly under the full control of hamas. a ground invasion has not yet been confirmed, but president biden said 11 americans have died in the conflict. tom: i am focused much more on the war than i am on all the other chit chat. not only a ground invasion, but also from the water as well from both sides of the gaza strip from the mediterranean as well is one of the operative theories out there. tom: it was shocking over the weekend, lisa because of -- land, sea, and by air. lisa: having face-to-face communicat

redwood city arrested a man for allegedly robbing a whole foods by pretending to have a firearm. officers received a report of a robbery on jefferson avenue involving a suspect who insinuated yet again. suspect has been identified as want to set up and allegedly into the whole foods and approached the cashier demanding money from the register posturing that he had gun. the cashier handed over an undisclosed amount of cash. went home and one of his family members call 9-1-1 to report. they came home with a large amount of cash. officers are on the house and was eventually taken into custody. he was booked on suspicion of robbery. well, happening today, the san francisco police department and district attorney brooke jenkins. they are going to hold a press conference to update case of the rich and store clerk. the die. incident happened back the end of august. you might remember investigators say the clerk yohannes to wall d also known as john died after trying to defend that store from a thief. police say john rabbit baseball bat suspect knocked him to the ground, took that that hit him with it, leaving him unconscious and later die

. >> well, police in redwood city, they arrested a man for allegedly robbing a whole foods opportunity have a firearm. officers received a report of a robbery on jeffersonated had a gun suspect has been identified, has won and allegedly inter that whole foods and approached the cashier demanding money from that register posturing that he was armed. the cashier handed over an undisclosed amount of cash since one home. and actually one of his family members call 9-1-1 to report that he came home. the large amount of money officers. they surround the house and since it was eventually taken into custody, he was booked on suspicion of robbery. well, you are actually entitled to more sick days under a new law signed by governor gavin newsom. so senate bill 6, 1, 6 guarantees workers least 5 paid sick days per year. that's up from the current 3. governor's office issued a statement saying too many people have to choose between skipping a day pay and taking care of themselves or family members when they get sick. the governor says 2 days of unpaid sick time can by a month's worth of groceries in some families. time now, 6.19, and thousands of childcare centers

opening up on this city's special beauty and history, the president went on to reference sites as the washington monument, the jefferson and the lincoln memorial, and then across the potomac arlington national cemetery. reagan said that inspired by those giants on his shoulders, we stand, he asked his audience to see themselves as a living, breathing between past, present and future, a nature, a nation of individual actors who could, with their best effort and their willingness to believe in themselves and to believe in their capacity to perform great deeds that they could confront. the problems facing the nation. reagan's depiction of these people, places and moments that comprise the nation's history was made possible by his direct references to the markers on the symbolic landscape before him. later, u.s. followed suit with, the exception of reagan's second inaugural, which was held indoors due to bitterly cold temperatures. all successive inaugurations have been held on the west front of the u.s. capitol building. several presidents, including barack obama and joseph biden, have also rhetorically gestured to the sc

opening up on this city's special beauty and history, the president went on to reference sites as the washington monument, the jefferson and the lincoln memorial, and then across the potomac arlington national cemetery. reagan said that inspired by those giants on his shoulders, we stand, he asked his audience to see themselves as a living, breathing between past, present and future, a nature, a nation of individual actors who could, with their best effort and their willingness to believe in themselves and to believe in their capacity to perform great deeds that they could confront. the problems facing the nation. reagan's depiction of these people, places and moments that comprise the nation's history was made possible by his direct references to the markers on the symbolic landscape before him. later, u.s. followed suit with, the exception of reagan's second inaugural, which was held indoors due to bitterly cold temperatures. all successive inaugurations have been held on the west front of the u.s. capitol building. several presidents, including barack obama and joseph biden, have also rhetorically gestured to the sc

city if you would. let's give you a snapshot of what america was like in this era 1803 1804, thomas jefferson was presidtthe populaon had grown to about 5.3 one million, the louisiana purchase had happened in 1803. that cost 15 billion. the economy is still largely rural and agricultural. the lewis and clark expedition ntrom may 1804 to september of 18 oh six. it was named the corps of discery. an it started out with about four dozen men, one died, 8000 miles total traveled. who died and how? guest: the men who died was a sergeant named charles floyd and he died of basically a ruptured appendix. if he would have been in st. louis or anywhere, they do not have means of treating that so he would have died even if they were in civilization probably. host: it is relatively remarkable that on this wilderness journey one person died. guest: exactly. natives would say there were a few natives that were killed by lewis when he was doing his exploration of the river. they like to say there was more than one but there was one member of their exploration -- expedition that died and it is remarkable. guest: no women

city. the famous phrase a little more great, mr. bragg, when taylor advises him how to conduct the fight and also the defense of the american army's extreme left flank by jefferson davis brigade of a volunteer mississippi riflemen. so, so davis and bragg emerge as the two heroes of the battle, buena vista. they're tied together, kind of coming into the war. those who knew bragg in the old army varied in their descriptions of his talents and attributes. orlando wilcox, his letters from the war, his his diaries. wonderful. i would recommend it to anyone who's looking for a great union perspective on the war noted in 1850 that bragg was, quote, lean, dark complexioned with bright rolling black or dark eye heavy brows, correct low forehead. calhoun ish in its shape, determined looking, but easy and pleasant in his manner. he is rather a restless, nervous, pugnacious looking. cassius, i don't know how many of you remember your julius caesar from high school? read shakespeare or have studied a lot of roman history? that's not a flattering comparison in dante's inferno, cassius is one of three dudes who's in the deepest circle of hell for what he did right. the others