and also barbara smith who is the acting executive director at the s.f. housing authority. thank you for all that you do and taking all our calls when you get them. and also liz, who i just met this morning at bank of america, and bank of america for the financing. we cannot do this without you. finally and most importantly, the people who call out these amazing two buildings and district want what their home. it really is an honor to serve you as your district two supervisor, and i want you to know i am here for you. call me anytime. we can work together on issues. i would love to come and visit periodically. please know we are here for you always. the work we are celebrating today has created a more welcoming community, and better housing. j.f.k. towers has a new community room. i think we are in it right now, a patio for residents to enjoy, and the units have modern amenities and new appliances, which are so essential. every person living here deserves to be able to easily access their home, and use of community spaces of the building this renovation has improved the ele

with that, i will introduce barbara smith, the acting executive director of the san francisco housing authority. [applause] >> good morning everyone. so i want to say that we at the housing authority are thrilled that 25 sanchez and other public high-rise buildings could get the improvements they needed to provide and preserve this wonderful housing for our residents. before this, i would get into bed and pray that none of our senior disabled residents in the high-rise buildings would be out without elevator service, or worse yet, be stuck in an elevator. all too often, i would get a call during the night and scramble to get emergency service from our elevator repair company and send our duty officer take to help residents get to and from there departments and retrieve any essentials that they needed. i know how stressful this situation was for our residents, but with declining federal dollars, the housing authority was not able to do critical elevator and other modernization work at buildings like 25 sanchez. this enormous conversion effort to, over $2.2 billion in financing, for ove

and barbara smith writes about james baldwin and how his words helped her become a writer.here's one writer, debby writes about how reading the memoir "boy" was fund meant toll her experience, so it's not necessarily just about seeing an exact reflection, but to make sure that these symbols had meaning and they build significance. you can really explore. reading feels to me like an exploratory practice. you should be able to find characters and stories you can , ll into. >> these are writemen who became writers. >> yes.ou how much didee their beigin story connecting to the writers that theme? >> oh, yeah, completely. i think at the end of her story, she said she read this one book and it wasn't until she wrote herow that she was able to really -- >> brown: that's right. >> it was su a profound statement, a powerful way to end, it compelled her to want to bring write her own story, and i think that is the takeaway from the anthology that we could write our own stories and be persistent with that and not give up. >> brown: we have been talking so much about the writers. but a

also on saturday rajeev rare men barbara krycek over one of the mixed doubles title they defeated australian duo john patrick smith and astra sharma seven six six one the score not bad for rehman critic over in their first ever tournament play together. manchester city have hammered burnley five no in the f.a. cup fourth round on saturday jesu so open the scoring in the twenty third minute for the home team in the second half the floodgates open but not a silver kevin the brainer and sergio agüero found the back of the nets with kevin long netting an own goal in between as burnley offered little resistance in other matches what for one at newcastle and brighton were held at home everton are on the field right now against a lower division mobile west them play wimbledon in the late a cake walk. and on friday manchester united secured their eighth straight win and ole gonna solve our since he took over from josie marino this one came against fellow premier league giants arsenal in the f.a. cup alexis sanchez opened the scoring against his former club which led not making himself popular among his one time fans at th

also on saturday rajiv ram and barbara correct chicago one of the mixed doubles title they defeated australian do a john patrick smith and astra sharma seven six and six one the school not bad for a rare man catch cover in their first ever tournament playing together. manchester city have hammered bernie five mill in the f.a. cup fourth round on saturday gabriel jesu so open the scoring in the twenty third minute for the home team in the second half the floodgates open to the not a silver kevin but owner and sergio agüero of the back of the net with kevin long netting an own goal in between as bernie offered little resistance. ever every compazine we want to go far as possible in the end we'll see whether there's obviously we're very happy that we're in the final the league cup so it will be nice to go to the final and the f.a. cup is still sold so far when. they say the magic of the f.a. cup comes from a lower league teams knocking out opponents from a higher division well everton were eliminated by mobile and a.f.c. wimbledon defeated west them in other matches premier league clubs brighton and wolves were both hel

also on saturday rajiv rem and barbara correct chicago one of the mixed doubles title they defeated australian do a john patrick smith and astra sharma seven six and six one the school not bad for rare men catch cover in their first ever tournament playing together. manchester city have hammered bernie five nil in the f.a. cup fourth round on saturday gabriel jesu so open the scoring in the twenty third minute for the home team in the second half the floodgates open to the not a silver kevin brainer and sergio aguayo of the back of the net with kevin long netting an own goal in between as burnley offered little resistance. ever every compazine we want to go far as possible and in the end we'll see whether there's a similar very happy they're in the final the week up so it will be nice to go to the final and the f.a. cup a store sold so far when. they say the magic of the f.a. cup comes from a lower league teams knocking out opponents from a higher division well everton were eliminated by mobile and a.f.c. wimbledon defeated west them in other matches premier league clubs brighton and wolves were both held to draws by

also on saturday rajiv rehman barbara correct chicago one of the mixed doubles title they defeated australia and you are john patrick smith and astra sharma seven six and six one the school not bad for rare men catch cover in their first ever tournaments playing together. manchester city have hammered burnley five nil in the f.a. cup fourth round on saturday gabrial jesu so open the scoring in the twenty third minute for the home team in the second half the floodgates open to the not a silver kevin to enter and. the back of the net with kevin long netting an own goal in between as burnley offered little resistance. ever every compazine we want to go far as possible and in the end we'll see what there's obviously we're very happy that we're in the final the league cup so it will be nice to go to the final and the f.a. cup is store sold so far when. they say the magic of the f.a. cup comes from a lower league teams knocking out opponents from a higher division well everton were eliminated by mobile and a.f.c. wimbledon defeated west them in other matches premier league clubs brighton and wolves were both held to draws by te

barbara? >> very interesting. it's been nearly threeears now since i sat down with b. smith end husband dan. at the t of our interview they had been married 23 years, ile the disease continues to progress at that time she still remembers i things her past like the first time that they met. >> this gentleman who was great looking and seemed to be very smart -- reporter: she still recalls many things about when she met en, a tim of many grand successes in her life as one of the first african-american cover girls, as author, television chef. >> she's amazing. i didn't know you were amazing. >> reporter: sitting here there was no question b. smith uldn't respond to. but sometimes it's a challenge trying to organize her thoughts. like when asked about long distance dating when she lived n new york and dan on the west coast. >> at that time my grandparents livedp the street here, and i felt during that time it was a great time for me because i could go a little further away and come back and still be -- >> and that's what sometimes happen is another idea will come it's like'll take it, it jumps. >

barbara. looking ahead to 2019, democrats and republicans will share power in washington as the next presidential contest starts to take shape. of course, we will be here for it all. in new york, shepard smith, foxnews. >>> in key west, florida it was all smiles as the year came to a close. more than 200 doxon's and human companions trekked through the downtown for the annual doxon walk. one of them was dressed up like a peacock. another in a tiny cheerleader outfit for the 14th annual new year's pops on parade event. by tonight, thousands of people are expected to be in key west to ring in the new year. >>> lottery players are hoping to start the new year by hitting the jackpot. the mega millions prize has grown to $415 million, the eighth largest jackpot in mega millions history. the drawing is set to take place tomorrow night. the largest mega millions prize was drawn back in october. that jackpot was a little more than $1.5 billion, and still has not been claimed. >>> now we are talking weather here. we've been talking about windy conditions in the bay area but up in the sierra, we are talking about dangerously high winds causing problems at one ski resort. heavenly ski resort on the so

barbara. catherine franklin is from texas tech university. carol -- i always miss of your last name. from you into charlotte. -- unc charlotte. to my right is craig smith is from virginia commonwealth university. ka is frome mencha texas christian university. i think we are going to each talk briefly about our research and then open it up to questions. celeste, do you want to start? >> i prepared a few remarks. this is the research. -- new research so i have more questions than answers. when the policy pertaining to parent and child separation of apprehended, undocumented families service this summer, the trump administration shifted course to expand family detention and set a child separation. although the u.s. currently has the largest detention system in the world, it would still be to grow its family detention capacity to meet increasing conservation efforts. ps beingthe tent cam built are expanding. while the scale and extent is unprecedented, the call for increased detention facilities has an extensive history, one that began in the turn of the 20th century and features incarceration of immigrant women and their children. 1882 helpedn act of ushe