the picture, you see here, shows two women in blackface, and text on the post includes a racial slur. the students have since apologized for the photo saying it wasn't taken maliciously.. but only a joke. they say they now understand the photo was disrespectful. and they had to contact the police because they've been receiving death threats. two high school studt have been friends since they were five. one of them is the star quarterback, the other is the team manager. he can't play because he has cerebral palsy, but he loves the game. both teens were up for homecoming king. when the big night came-- it was the quarterback who won. but he immediately gave up his crown. it was absolutely terrific. - i think it should have gone to the person who positively uplifts the school and everybody around him, and that person is kl for sure making the night even better-- you can check out all of the stories trending today... on our ktnv mobile app we're following a lot of breaking news for you this morning... a metro motorcycle officer hurt after he's hit by a car. chopper 13 is fast and first..

community are upset and some are claiming it's an example of discrimination -- others compare it to blackface. leaders with theatre cedar rapids say they advertised for auditions everywhere they normally do and reached out to an organization involved with the deaf community. but no im sorry we didnt get some deaf actors, that would have been a truly wonderful thing. but we didnt so we had to make a decision. tribes premiers october 21st. an american sign language professional is consulting and helping with the play. after every sunday matinee -- a theatre crew and an interpretor will host a post show discussion about this controversy. right now - the new university of iowa children's hospital is putting together its final additions. designs were drawn feel less stressed.the new building is completely patient driven with one of the key features being single patient rooms.leaders of the project say they will also be training the hospital team so everything goes smoothly when they're moving the kids to this new building. 20:38:44:17 between all the neonatal and intensive care unit rooms and the

joe: if you have a surrogate who puts out a tweet with hillary clinton in blackface that is bad. this is worse. i think you are right. a lot of this minority outreach is about trying to reassure white voters and suburban swing states he's not as insensitive as he has been seen. this is the ultimate tell. i'm going into the african-american community and i care so little about it that i need to have the event pre-scripted for white college-educated voters. what could be more offensive? it speaks to the thing being a sham and that puts him in a deeper hole than the one he started out in. john: once you get behind -- margaret: once you get behind this, it is still the united states and you can't win a general election if that is all you've got. , it comes the question of african-americans and hispanic voters. back, westwe come coast strategists way and. that conversation and more after this word from our sponsors. ♪ john: welcome back. twogured i catch up with political strategists. mike murphy ranjit push -- jeb bush is super pac. expected about what to in the general election. >>

people in the deaf community are upset thinking it's discrimination and closer to blackface. they say they advertise for auditions everywhere they normally do. they reached out to an organization involving the deaf community , but no deaf actors audition.>> i'm sorry that we did not get deaf actors. that would add in a truly wonderful thing. he did not so we had to make a decision.>> the play appears october 21. a sign language official is working with the play. interpreter will hold a host about the controversy.>>> they are putting together final additions and designs drawn to make children feel less stress. the new building is completely patient driven with key features of having single patient rooms. they are also training the hospital team so everything goes smoothing -- smoothly when they are moving the kids to this building. >> between all of the neo- intensive care unit rooms have 183 beds ready to go to serve their needs.>> the $360 million project is on track to be complete by the end of the year. if you are interested in being -- and seeing the hospital they will ha

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, you'll remember he made news for posting this tweet, a cartoon depiction of hillary clinton in blackfacee later took it down and apologized but his questions about him rose and his reputation as well. burns sat down with me but as you will soon see, he quickly wanted to take that conversation off the record. >> we need a warrior. >> reporter: he's become a major surrogate for donald trump's campaign for president. >> the last thing i wanted to do was draw away from his campaign. >> reporter: pastor mark burns, a speaker at the national republican convention. >> from the great state of south carolina! >> reporter: before the campaign, he was virtually unknown. >> i think donald trump is a great judge of character, you know. you would think he would just choose the greatest names but donald trump values character more so than popularity or name. and i think that i fall in that category. >> reporter: pastor burns has a small operation, just a few folding chairs and cameras for his televangelism. burns says corey lewandowski asked him to speak and he's been a favorite of the campaign ever si

a cartoon depicting hillary clinton in blackface. he later apologized, took it down. questions arose about him and his background. burns agreed to sit down with us for an on the record, on camera interview. as you'll soon see he quickly wanted to take that conversation off the record. >> we need a warrior, we need a champion, we need a winner. and that is donald. >> he's the small town preacher who's become a major surrogate for donald trump's campaign for president. >> the last thing i want to do was draw attention away from mr. trump's policy. >> pastor mark burns, a frequent cable news guest, a crowd favorite at trump rallies and a speaker at the national convention. >> from the great state of south carolina. >> before the campaign he was virtually unknown. >> i think donald trump is a great judge of character. you know, you would think he would just choose the greatest names. but donald trump values character more so than popularity or name. and i think that i fall in that category. >> pastor burns' harvest praise in south carolina is a small operation, the church

as was the case with donald trump a couple days ago who puts out a tweet with hillary clinton in blackface, that's bad. this i think is worse in some respects, because i think you're right. we have talked about it a lot on the show. a lot of this minority outreach is about trying to reassure white college educated voters in suburban swing states that trump is not as racially insensitive as he has seemed at some times. this is sort of the ultimate tell. it's like i'm going to go, i'm going into the african-american community and i care so little about it and i'm so uncomfortable speaking to it that i need to have the entire event prescripted. for white college educated voters, what could be more offensive in some ways? it sort of speaks to the whole thing being a sham. i think that puts him in a deeper hole than one he started out with and that was pretty deep to begin with. >> once you get beyond all this, is it working in terms of his appeal to white voters? it's still the united states of america. you still can't win a general election if that's all you have got. beyond that kind of core

but it was always in blackface. >> ifill: galleries are devoted to breakthroughs in sports, and performance the joy of prince, and i love the michael jackson fedora, just capture that. and obviously the soul train costume. >> ifill: soul train costume is a little alarming. i >> it is. because we thought that was cool. >> ifill: we, i don't know aboul we. speak for yourself. bunch, a former president of the chicago historical society, shepherded the project to completion, wooing congress for half the money, and soliciting private donations from millionaires like oprah winfrey and philanthropist david rubenstein. but he also appealed to individuals, families, churches, fraternities and sororities, who handed over gems like james baldwin's inkwell, and malcolm x's tape recorder.m advance tickets flew out the door-- 5,000 of them in 18 minutes, one day. in this journey you have been to get to this point with this museum, what has been the biggest surprise for you alongt the way? >> i think i've been stunned by the excitement and the way people really care. there are times i'll walk in an airpor

he said, "grandson, of all those people i did not see a single blackface and that wide sea of black facethat wide sea of people." that my grandfather can now return to washington, d c not as . coat checker but as a guest [applause] >> as we all know, there is an obvious sentiment. the final dinner we will share with present obama -- president obama in his presidency. this is an evening to celebrate. let us choose not to make this night about the past and what we have already accomplished. termthough the president's is coming to an end, the distinguished numbers of congress here tonight are not going anywhere. the continue to be more steps to climb to that mountaintop. the steps are becoming sleeker and more steep. together morend resolutely than before. i am here tonight because of what you in this room have done for me and for us. cummings,, elijah charles wrangle, and so many others have been our conscious, our hope, and are reminders -- our reminders. the late great barbara jordan once said that what the people want is very simple. an america as good as it is promised. do not call for

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