joining us right now is amy cohen, the planning board member who is making her personal mission to bringback. amy, were you shocked by the 4-3 decision against hearing the pledge? >> i was surprised. but, our board voted against the pledge of allegiance prior to being on the planning board i worked as a police commissioner. we always said the pledge. i also serve on the new paltz democratic committee which is a town committee where we say the pledge of allegiance at all of our meetings. >> so the -- here's one of the members who voted against it. says hey, i'm patriotic but i want to get right to it. let's listen. >> it doesn't do anything. it's just -- i mean, it's just total waste of time, and it -- you know in one respect it's, it's a group pressure thing to make you agree with somebody. >> i love this country and i don't see any reason to say a pledge to it. i think that's opposite to the principles of this country was founded on. >> there you go. they love the country but not the pledge. your reaction, amy? >> everybody's welcome to their opinions. i respect all of our planning boar

amy cohen and nicole -from the parks and recreation. they been meeting a couple years now very consistently with beth rubenstein in my office to see a we can move this project forward and they've actually worked real wonders to get things as project moving. we have an environmental dungeon with a lot of documents created that support this project going forward. that we need more than anything is making the commitment from the city to move this forward. so. i like to invite any cohen to talk about her work on this project and what this project means to people in district 11 and what her contribution of the office of academic workforce development is been for the car barn. >> thank you supervisor. nicole is going to be doing the overall presentation. i would just speak on behalf of the office of economic and workforce development in the best in neighborhoods program. we've had a long-standing relationship and a great deal of work in the excelsior all my ocean avenue neighborhoods and those numbers of stakeholders that whole area who care

amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. when we come back, one of the worst supreme court decisions ever. we will speak with adam cohen, author of a new book called "imbeciles." stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "bad weather," the supremes. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. nermeen: we turn now to a new -- we turn up what has been described as one of the worst cases in history. the court upheld a statute that enabled the state of virginia to sterilize so-called mental defectives or imbeciles. the person in question was carrie buck, a poor, young woman then confined in the virginia state colony for epileptics and the feeble-minded, though she was neither epileptic nor mentally disabled. in the landmark decision, eight judges ruled that the state of virginia had the right to sterilize her. her mother, emma, as well as carrie's daughter, vivian, then only 8 months old, were deemed similarly deficient. justice oliver wendell holmes, jr., wrote the majority opinion concluding "three generations of , imbeciles are enough." amy: the decision resulted in

amy cohen and nicole -from the parks and recreation. they been meeting a couple years now very consistently with beth rubenstein in my office to see a we can move this project forward and they've actually worked real wonders to get things as project moving. we have an environmental dungeon with a lot of documents created that support this project going forward. that we need more than anything is making the commitment from the city to move this forward. so. i like to invite any cohen to talk about her work on this project and what this project means to people in district 11 and what her contribution of the office of academic workforce development is been for the car barn. >> thank you supervisor. nicole is going to be doing the overall presentation. i would just speak on behalf of the office of economic and workforce development in the best in neighborhoods program. we've had a long-standing relationship and a great deal of work in the excelsior all my ocean avenue neighborhoods and those numbers of stakeholders that whole area who care

amy: college student simoan cohen says she is doing all she can to help. >> if we keep pushing arrest and fighting for this imagine how much more we can accomplish. their own message, writing things like educated, powerful and skilled. >> the initiative is growing. the first lady saying everyone can play a part. even if it's just spreading the word. >> as long as you step up and do something, hashtag, tweet, facebook, instagram. that is the most powerful way to send a message in our world today. amy: booths set up to showcase group involvement and pledges, making commitment to get the word out. >> together we can stop the drop in confidence to make girls as unstoppable as they can be. amy: a message made clear. >> are you ready to get to work? [applause] amy: amy aubert, abc7 news. announcer: now, "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. leon: right now this hour a horrific scene in cheverly. a mother and her sister gunned down with three young children at home. alison: police say it is another case of domestic violence. women have been shot or stabbed in domestic instances in prince george

amy cohen and nicole -from the parks and recreation. they been meeting a couple years now very consistently with beth rubenstein in my office to see a we can move this project forward and they've actually worked real wonders to get things as project moving. we have an environmental dungeon with a lot of documents created that support this project going forward. that we need more than anything is making the commitment from the city to move this forward. so. i like to invite any cohen to talk about her work on this project and what this project means to people in district 11 and what her contribution of the office of academic workforce development is been for the car barn. >> thank you supervisor. nicole is going to be doing the overall presentation. i would just speak on behalf of the office of economic and workforce development in the best in neighborhoods program. we've had a long-standing relationship and a great deal of work in the excelsior all my ocean avenue neighborhoods and those numbers of stakeholders that whole area who care

amy cohen and nicole -from the parks and recreation. they been meeting a couple years now very consistently with beth rubenstein in my office to see a we can move this project forward and they've actually worked real wonders to get things as project moving. we have an environmental dungeon with a lot of documents created that support this project going forward. that we need more than anything is making the commitment from the city to move this forward. so. i like to invite any cohen to talk about her work on this project and what this project means to people in district 11 and what her contribution of the office of academic workforce development is been for the car barn. >> thank you supervisor. nicole is going to be doing the overall presentation. i would just speak on behalf of the office of economic and workforce development in the best in neighborhoods program. we've had a long-standing relationship and a great deal of work in the excelsior all my ocean avenue neighborhoods and those numbers of stakeholders that whole area who care