bernice spotted eagle is raising six of her great grandchildren and three grandchildren. >> i wake up praying with them, talking to them, getting them ready, clean them up, send them to school. i do all this by myself - that's what keeps me going. in the "tiospaye", grandparents have the same rights to raise children as parents. the oglala sioux tribe has been able to honor this tradition by taking over child welfare from the state. they created lowo, or lakota people caring for our children. it's the tribes' own child protection agency, and it empowers tribal courts in a unique way. >> lakota people, we've always lived crowded. you know you look at the teepee thing and so you can get four or five girls lying on the floor in the bedroom and as long as they were safe and as long as they were loved and as long as they were protected and fed that's acceptable. dss would not allow that in any placements. using our tradition and culture we were able to find a lot of kids permanency with extended family. bernice's great grandchildren have been able to live here together, go to school and re

. >> congresswoman eddie bernice johnson is a ranking member on the science committee here. how important is technology to your home district of texas? >> it's extremely important. as a matter of fact, my district is not very high-tech. that's why i focus so much on that education because we have workers coming to silicon valley. we have to do a better job with that. now, what's exciting about this is how much we're seeing that young developers that are coming along with new innovations and that is our economy. that are ready to go to market, are ready to be available. it's just that we know that until the demand the great, it's very costly. but it's very, very important that we continue to invest in innovation because that's america's future. i'm always excited to come and see what's on the market. >> at&t is near your district. they're in your district, aren't they? >> yes, they're one block from headquarters. yes, at&t is a major exporter -- you know, we're also with many. texas instruments is a hometown company. we're very proud of the products that do come out of the ar

. >> host: congresswoman become bernice johnson is the ranking member on the science committee here in the house of representatives. how important is technology to your home district in texas? >> guest: it's extremely important. as a matter of fact, my district is very high-tech, and that's why i focus so much on s.t.e.m. education because we have more h-1b visas coming into the area than silicon valley. we've got to do a better job on that. but what's exciting about this is how much we're seeing that young developers that are coming along with new innovations -- and that is our economy -- that are ready to go to market, are ready to be available. it's just that we know that until the demand is great, it's very costly. but it's very, very important that we continue to invest in innovation, because that's america's future. i'm always excited to come and see what's on the market. >> host: at&t is near your district or in your district, isn't it? >> guest: yes. i live one block from the headquarters. [laughter] but, yes. at&t is a major exporter, and, you know, we're also a trade hub with

tom joyner, bernice king, martin iii. we're going to hear from t.d. jakes. are schedule speakers. they want to hear from folks as much as possible. we're definitely going to hear from the reverend charles ewing and from several community leaders and members of the clergy here as well. we're also going to hear from benjamin crump who is going to deliver a message from the family. i don't think the family is going to deliver a message, but one never knows in these particular situations. lynn, the church -- the temple is full, i mean the number of people who have gotten in. so now people are starting to go into the overflow room, so the seats that you see there, i think that they have them reserved for the family members, and those several hundred seats that you see there. so the overflow room is now overflowing as well. i don't know, can we get this shot behind? i know l.z. is here. there's a shot behind l.z., where you see the motorcycles lined up, and there have been several -- a motorcycle gang, you said, l.z. >> motorcycle club. all around missouri. i spok

phil: bernice, come on out. >> i didn't want to do it in the first place. she told me. >> dr.? >> pretty much. >> announcer: a surprise twice that will leave you speechless. >> dr. phil: let's do it. >> have a good show, everybody. here we go. >> dr. phil: i hate to see people suffering. you've hurt long enough. >> stand by, dr. phil. >> dr. phil: i'm going to get you the help you need. this is going to be a changing day in your life.

you will take the dvd and you will handed out to somebody like ed or bernice. she did her own homework. her homework could have been my films. now i see what is going on. now that i am so afraid of what it is i see here in d.c. going on, how divided the country is, i will probably shift from filmmaking to trying to enter politics. host: nonprofit? guest: i am probably sitting here as an independent, but i will not lie, the gop lacks leadership right now. they cannot find their own way. i don't want to slam people, but rand paul wants to give work visas to every illegal immigrant in the country. you do that, and you are taking more americans and putting them in the welfare line. you cannot have massive integration -- massive immigration, legal and illegal, and have welfare lines shrink. they will both rise. we are treating illegal immigrants better than we are our own veterans. would you be a tea party member? guest: i always go to tea party towards. democrats never invite me, but republicans and tea party groups invite me all the time. i would not join a group.

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among those working to inspire change, there were bernice king, the daughter of dr.artin loorth he king, clergy from around north county spoke about making things better through a commitment to raising up the next generation, young adults, talk about the way of needing to treat people better. by police and by community. but they also talked about meeting them halfway. they are seeing a difference in the past few weeks. it will take time to change but i believe the process has started. i will take any questions. >> do you expect the presto over. >> that is ron johnson, the head of the response here. head of the missouri highway patrol basically saying there were no incidents of violence. one of the rallies was canceled because of heat and that's good news for the people ferguson. no unrest. everything appears to be peaceful. cnn is reporting, has questioned a man who says he recorded audio of gunshots at the time michael brown was shot by ferguson police on august 9th. cnn cannot independently author authentic indicate the recording but we have reached out to the fbi

among guests, martin luther king iii, the reverend bernice king, reverend jesse jackson, the families of trayvon martin and sean bell, celebrities like spike lee and p. diddy and snoop and the white house has sent three of its emissaries to the funeral. what you're seeing on your screen now is michael brown's mother. she's surrounded by a number of her family members as well. in the meantime, as we continue to watch the live coverage, after two delays due to the violence protests, the students are now going back to school in ferguson today. the district is planning to have double the number of normal counselors on hand throughout the schools today. teachers and administrators have received training, in fact, to deal with traumatized students. we're going to get you back to ferguson in just a moment. first, some of the other top news we're watching. within the past hour, president obama sat down with defense secretary hagel at the white house. while they did not invite the press along, it is a safe bet isis were on top of the syria. yesterday, the radical, who many call isis but who ca

now this morning, i am joined by bernice with valley transportation authority, good morning. >> thanksor having me. >> reporter: can you tell us what this means in terms of traffic and safety. >> this is a huge improvement for the commuters traveling. this is a great -- separation. it means that the automobiles don't compete with the rail track. so we have built a bridge for the future bart system and we built a new bridge for the union pacific railroad. >> reporter: and great for safety as well, right? >> it is enhanced safety, there's no competition between freight or the future bart system and any automobile or pedestrian traffic in the area. >> reporter: and ahead of schedule as well. >> this is also a huge milestone for vta, bart, silicon valley project. it is the halfway mark and it is about ten months ahead of schedule. >> reporter: perfect, thank you so much for that. now drivers not the only ones who are happy. hear from this business owner on how it's going to impact his restaurant. >> ready for it to open. so much of the business comes from that side of the freeway. >> repor

the other thing bernice said -- that clip you share with me and john ladd -- the reason why i went there is because the week before, abc news put out a program a couple miles away from that saying how secure the border was. the camera to the left, you see it is not. feel, is one of the greatest threats this nation faces. if people, voters, don't have access to the truth. that's where we are. >> host: battle creek, michigan. democratic caller. >> caller: you're talking about the concern about how terrorists are coming across the mexican border. what about the canadian, the enormous canadian border? because mohammad audit, one of the actual 9/11 attackers, -- muhamed otte. some of them came through the canadian border in maine and then made their way down to boston or are you closing a wall along the canadian border? it seems be a be much easier to get people from iraq, russians, invaded by russians, iranians come much easier to grow crossed the canadian border just but a couple things. he is hitting the nail on head. all 50 states are border states they think about it. women international