. - speaking of preparation, admission dean, mae brown. she said, "start preparing for college in 6th grade." now, where she's really coming from is to build strong study habits, now, where she's really build good reading habits, is really shaping your skills in ways at is going to be easier thu in high school. so it's not necessarily preparing you for college per se, but it's really building a stronger foundation. what else can a sixth grader do to prepare? - when i, when i coach my own students, i emphasize quite a bit on shaping their skills, their mindset. and teaching them about some tricks of the trade on how to become essful academicallysucc and non-academically in high school. to me, in middle school whether you're in 6th grade, 7th grade, or 8th grade is really pre-high school. so for example, if you're so distracted in spending so much time, many hours per day, plworld of warcraftaying or playing games, those are not good habits and that's not exactly a real good way to spend a lot of time on. so to shape and to try to replace so

the admissions dean says there are processes in place to prevent a staffer's personal opinions from impacting admissions decision for the members of the house of representatives. one of them is the congressman from maryland. he says he will be able to work with republicans. >> i think we share a lot of common priorities, one of them is to revietallize the infrastructure of the country. i hope improvements in the metro system here in the washington, maryland, virginia area is high going to be trying to push that real hard. >> he is currently a maryland state senator in a district that covers part of silver spring and ta coma park. >>> some disturbing allegations against a maryland father. tonight a domestic violence advocates were pointing to sgns of trouble before the attack. >>> breaking down different college savings programs and why d.c.'s program could cost you hundreds of dollars more in the long run and >>> street cars have been in the district for a little bit now, but is it time to expand say to >>> kind of gray and cloudy out there today, doug. >> the rain is making its way up, but i

admissions, rather than on the immigration decisions. >> as you said we are going from campaign mode to administration mode. it will be interesting to actually see what comes of the trump administration. thank you so much, dean>> now to segment two. several months ago 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick sparked a new conversation when he decided not to stand for the national anthem. then yesterday after scoring his first touchdown, he raised his fist in what some are interpreting as a black power fist, typically used to show solidarity. as claudine wong reports, two groups of teachers, one from the oakland unified school district, the other from the private seven hills school district in walnut creek, are using kaepernick's protest as a teachable moment, an opportunity to start a conversation. have. >> i know what i'm doing is right and i know other people see what i'm doing is right. it's something that we have to come together. we have town night. we have to unify and make a change. >> when colin kaepernick decided to take a stand by not standing for the national anthem, young people noticed. and so did their teachers. >> thinking about the fact that he has chosen very carefully, i assume, this venue, becau