at the same time, blanche k. bruce prompted a reluctant nation to take an important step into a better future. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, betty, that was wonderful. along this continuum of trailblazers, i bring to you today, portrait artist mr. knox and his painting. at age 81, knox himself, a pioneer, head become an unofficial portraitist for the trailblazing african-american. he has painted hank aaron. excuse me for a second. aaron.l legend, hank famed author and orator, frederick douglass. oprah winfrey. art, so it is important we look at our. -- at art. lieutenant commander wesley brown, the first african-american graduate of the u.s. naval academy. dinkins, the first african-american mayor in new york city history. and supreme court justice, thurgood marshall, the court may 6 justice in the first african-american justice. -- the court's 96th justice and the first african-american justice. knox was born on august 18, 1935, nearly 100 years after blanche k bruce. the son of a carpenter and mechanic, h

. >>> senator blanche k. bruce was the first to be elected to a full term from 1875 to 1881, born into slavery in virginia. after the civil war he became a planter in mississippi. up next on american history tv, the u.s. capitol historical society hosts a discussion on senator bruce in honor of black history month. due to technical problems, early remarks by u.s. house of representatives historian matthew wasniewski, are not included. this program runs 40 minutes. >>> blanche bruce was born into slavery in 1841, as was so many aspects of bruce's life, his experience with slavery was far from typical. the son of an enslaved woman and most likely her white master, as a young boy, bruce lived in mississippi, and missouri. this light-skinned bruce became a favorite of the master. and a servant and playmate to the master's son. bruce once referred to himself as a plantation pet. as such, he was given opportunities denied to most enslaved boys, including an education. from his earliest years, therefore, blanche k.

blanche has volunteered for the red cross for 40 years. she's also the oldest red cross volunteer in the entire country! she says giving back.. has kept her going all these years: 3 blanche says they collected enough blood .. at her drive... to help save up to three-hundred lives. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 adios amigo! one of the most famous commerical characters of the past decade... says goodbye. up next: how he did it... in the most *interesting way possible. 3 plus: ?smile for the camera? this woman *didn't get the message. how the internet reacted... in one hilarious way. 3 the time now 4 xxx... and here's a look at the top trending stories this hour. and we begin... with a ride photo at disney world. one woman's reaction... took the internet by storm. 3 *this photo was snapped on the splash mountain ride at magic kingdom. check out toward the back... yup, not very impressed. 3 her husband posted the funny photo online.. . saying that she was angry he woundn't get on the ride with her. so she rode by herself... and took out her frustratio

part of chicago polar bear blanch. when asked about it gaga said she's happy to be there for the kids. >>> hundreds of amateur skater at ardmore, eastern sectional competition skaters both young and young at heart all competed. no matter what age and age in life they picked un the 68 they all shared a common love. >> i love the skies. the community. i love having goal competing its great to have a goal. great to get off the couch. >> i always watch it on tv and thought oh my goodness its so much fun. >> i said this is what i want to do. so when i grow up i'm going to be an olympic figure state skinning champion. >>> you just saw took home not one but two gold medals today. philadelphia skating club dates back to 1849. >>> also this weekends kicks off many saint patricks day celebrations. eyewitness news in gloucester city for their first saint patrick day spa trade. the camden county community came out to watch irish dance groups, matched down monmouth street. 100 an verse see of irish independence. very nieces little

mecca. >> i think blanch ealy high school will be one of the top across the country. >> a science and engineering magnet which annually sends graduates to the best colleges. it has its own internship program and its students compete in architectural design contests. >> here was one of the original designs we had for the education program. >> our focus is on college and career readiness. we work very closely with our students. when they come in from day one in ninth grade, we create a four-yeararlan, establish what their interests are and continue to monitor them. students who graduate are prepared to go off stuing nursing in college and even medicine. you okay? feel better? sorry about your illness. >> reporter: last year 12 students graduating from the practical nursing course, all passing their lpn exam. 90% of the grads go on to a four-year university. that's evidence to the principal that hisislan to emphasize ak dijs is working and people are noticing. >> i don't want a first generation of highchool graduate. we want first generation of master's degrees, doctoral degrees. >> that

part of chicago polar bear blanch. when asked about it gaga said she's happy to be there for the kids. >>> hundreds of amateur skater at ardmore, eastern sectional competition skaters both young and young at heart all competed. no matter what age and age in life they picked un the 68 they all shared a common love. >> i love the skies. the community. i love having goal competing its great to have a goal. great to get off the couch. >> i always watch it on tv and thought oh my goodness its so much fun. >> i said this is what i want to do. so when i grow up i'm going to be an olympic figure state skinning champion. >>> you just saw took home not one but two gold medals today. philadelphia skating club dates back to 1849. >>> also this weekends kicks off many saint patricks day celebrations. eyewitness news in gloucester city for their first saint patrick day spa trade. the camden county community came out to watch irish dance groups, matched down monmouth street. 100 an verse see of irish independence. very nieces little

>> we'll both go. >> reporter: for blanch, new york city is working just fine. >> it's the only place in the world to be. it's interesting. it's fascinating. there's history here. there's everything going on here. >> reporter: arthur chi'en, fox 5 news. ernie: thank you, arthur. we asked rita cosby to be here, our tv host. nice to have you here. this is another good reason to live in new york city, right? >> i love this. you know, we're so stressed out. we're on tight timetables, especially in broadcasting, we are, but the good news is new yorkers and -- look, i was born in brooklyn. i'm a regular here. i'm going to live forever. the average age in new york city is 80.6. the national average is 78.2. we're going to live two years longer. you would think it's going to be crazy. no. we're mentally stimulated and physically. ernie: this is getting better. >> there's so many things to look at. some people say maybe mayor bloomberg is responsible for his antismoking, antiobesity, the health campaigns he was doing. and then the other things -- we don't think about it -- if you live far away

"nightline" is next, but first, his album is called "heart blanche." here with the song, oh what a night oh what a night tears in my eyes staring up at the sky in disbelief i've got a voice in my head voice in my head that's what it said all we really need is some comic relief but i'm afraid of not being able to laugh anymore oh what's life going to become once we don't have anymore heroes we don't know what the next man's going through wish i could say it in a plainer way i said we don't know life reminds me of robin williams we've got to laugh the pain away we don't know what the next man's in a plainer way i said we don't know life reminds me of robin williams we've got to laugh the pain away laugh the pain away john belushi knew you and me better than we knew ourselves and we all listen to richard pryor yeah i think don't make philip seymour hoffman often now he's one of the things we lost in the fire but i'm afraid of not being able to laugh anymore ohh what's life going anymore heroes we don't know what the next man's going through wish i could s

. >> senator blanche k. bruce was the first african-american centered -- senator to be elected to a full term. after the war, he became a planter in mississippi. up next, the u.s. capitol historic society hosts a panel discussion on senator bruce in honor of black history month. due to technical problems, early remarks are not included. this program runs about 40 minutes. was born intoce slavery in 1841. his experience with slavery was far from typical. the son of an enslaved woman and ast likely her white master, a young boy, he lived in virginia, mississippi, and misery. with his parentage, this light-skinned bruce became a favorite of the master and a servant and

then his album is called " heart blanche," ceelo green from the samsung stage. his concert, " in l.a.," airs march 11th on directv and u-verse. beautiful song called robin williams. next week on the show we will have naomi watts, ray romano viola davis, john legend, chloe bennett, louis c.k., plus, music from eliot sumner, the wild feathers, st. lucia, and the suffers. so please join us. and if you missed our -- we had special or only saw parts of it online, we're airing it again tomorrow night with ben affleck, chris rock, tracy morgan, nathan lane, matthew broderick, henry cavill, jesse eisenberg, hold on, i only have 13 more. sacha baron cohen, alicia vikander. and we tried to edit matt damon out of the show, but it screwed everything up, so that jerk will be on it too. that's friday night, tomorrow night, at our regularly scheduled time. our first best tonight has been entertaining us for more than 30 years, and frankly, he's exhausted, but he soldiers on, lending his voice and talent to new disney animated film, "zootopia." >> well now wait a minute. polar

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blanche says they collected enough blood at her drive to save up to 300 lives. >> wow! how about that? happy birthday. >> time now for the fox 13 11:00 news. >> we talking about a local battle that has been reknew renewed. >> regulators are challenging ride sharing or not, but this time they are fighting back. >> whether we like it or not, the rules are on the books and we have to enforce them. >> with fines for uber and lyft drivers. >> you don't make america great by getting rid of everything that made america great. >> hillary clinton fighting back.

i'm already feeling like a lobster or something and i guess you blanche it, right, with cold water?p i have to hose you off. so now she wants to hit it with cold water. everything is wrong. she hoses me off. she leaves. she says meet me downe room. i start to towel off and i'm starting to feel terrible. i'm starting to really see spots now and i'm feelingreal? >> totally light headed. because i've lost a great deal of water. she has boiled me like a clam, you know? and now i go down and i take aause i feel like i might -- the lights might go out. and i want to get closer to the ground. i see a chair in the to shimmy over there on my knees and that's the last i remember. i'm out. i've completely dehydrated andconscious. because the next thing i know i wake up. i'm sitting in the chair much like this. my first image is j towel or a face towel that's on my garbage. and there's cold water being poured on me by a coffee mug from threen women now saying god is great. thanks god. he's still alive. and there's 7 paramedics around me. i was minutes. this is what my wife has done to me to kee

his attorney released a statement saying police were given carte blanche to search anywhere. wheeler steps down as headmaster after the allegations first surfaced. >> it's 5:25. a federal just mass dismissed a lawsuit against penn statement jay pa ter any says they were unlaulfully let go. they say they were returned before it was released. >>> this morning they may have reason to worry about their personal information. someone targetted the bryn mawr main line health center. there was a case of spearfishing. in this case an employer responded to the e-mail and provided information of all other maybeline employees. they say it did not compromise anyone. >>> a lawyer for a man claiming to be a high school student says he will plead guilty. sa mara's attorney's believe he had no ill intentions. >> the reason you see some of that groundswell for support or some of that empathy for him is a response on the part of the people who knew him. >> he's charged with identity theft and tampering with sexual ee sult. he came to the u.s. on a work shiva. >>> hillary clinton is facing a new

was playing blanche dubois in that's okay. >> seth: yeah, exactly. >> like, that's not okay. like, you're way too young.was, i thought, you know, we're real actors, like, this is nyu, this is like, we are artists. >> seth: yeah. >> you guys, we are artists.o do a rehearsal says that they drank a shot, we did it. >> yeah. a lot of drinking in that, yeah. >> a lot of drinking in that, yes. and so, we only made it through ntil i passed out. >> seth: okay. [ light laughter ] >> but, that first half of the play, i was the best actress i've ever -- >> seth: oh. >> to me.o you didn't think, i'm too drunk to do this, you thought you were killing it? >> i thought i was incredible. >> seth: wow. >> i mean, i've never felt that good. i think everyone else thought i was terrible.my own head was meant for that role. >> seth: now, when you were at nyu, was there a lot of theater that required weirdness and nudity? >> seth: okay. >> i mean, yeah. >> seth: like, i'm always hearing about shows where everybody just at some point has like, nudity for no reason.dity for no -- no, no, no. it was

blanche says they collected enough blood at her drive to save up to 300 lives. >> wow! how about that? happy birthday. >> time now for the fox 13 11:00 news. >> we talking about a local battle that has been reknew renewed. >> regulators are challenging ride sharing or not, but this time they are fighting back. >> whether we like it or not, the rules are on the books and we have to enforce them. >> with fines for uber and lyft drivers. >> you don't make america great by getting rid of everything that made america great. >> hillary clinton fighting back. a behind-the-scenes leader and mentor. >> this secret service agent spend years protecting first husband. >> and now at 11:00, many of you use these every weekend, ride-sharing services that are popular in the bay area, but they are also illegal at this point, and right now you beer and lyft drivers can be ticketed and fined up to $900. this was the decision by the transportation commission, and crystal, what do the riders who use these services need to know? >> well, chris, the next time they open the app and set their p

blanche ely high sshool has more to brag about. >> they're meeting the chaaenge. ari odzer takes u to the home of the tigers. >> reporter: you want smooth jazz? yes, you do and the jazz cats are as smooth as they come. the principal calls it an educational mecca. >> i think t t school would be one of the top premiere high schools in the country over the next four to five years. >> reporter: ely has two magnet programs iluding a science and engineering magnet, which annual annually sends graduates to the best colleges. it has its own internship program. >> here was one of the original designs we had for the actual program. >> our focus is on college and career readiness. we createe four-year plan for them. we establish what their interests are. we continue to monitor them. >> reporter: it feels like i'm visiting a hospital. this is the medical sciences program. students that gruate from this program are prepared to study nursing and medicine. you okay? feel better. >> good. >> reporter: sorry about your illness. last year 12 students graduated from the practicalurs

blanch ,,,, ,, club" inside the san francio county jail made their first court appearance today. former sheriff's deputy scot >>> two men accused of running a fight club inside of the jail. they made their first court appearance today. they were arraigned on numerous charges. being accused of being the ringleader and both entered not guilty pleas. they were forced to fight each other and. >> >>> sexual assault near the uc berkeley campus and it could be connected to three others. >> very brazen and violent. >> another attack near the uc berkeley campus. >> today, the police are looking for witnesses or surveillance from friday. >> this time the suspect grabbed her from behind and grabbed her to the sidewalk where he sexually assaulted her. >> one of four that has happened in the past four weeks and could be connect to others. >> it could be based on the style of attack, it's all within a few blocks of each other. >> the first attack was february 11th near people's park and then on february 16th two more women attacked. one at ellsworth street and the other on dwight way. >> we're

we're talking about blanche eli high school, home of the tigers. lots to brag about. nbc 6 education reporter ari odzer is live at that school right now. we're not talking about a basketball team that has won one championship, we're talking two in a row. >> reporter: they have got a athletic excellence but academic excellence as well. the principal is standing next to me. he can't wait to brag about his school. dr. johnson, tell me what so special. >> it's a medical preengineer medical school. phenomenal staff, great teachers. we've been an a school. e're a b school under the new florida assessment. we're doing great things. we welcome all the oncomii freshmen here. >> i remember you guys have one of the very first magnet programs in the county. >> 19? >> 1980-81. yes. >> still going strong. >> 96% of our students go off to a major college or university. i have some engineering kids and also we have some kids with the math program. we have that entrepreneurship and we have an engineering -- internships. students doing great here. >> a lot o choices here. let me talk t

. >> we're proud to announce next monday we'll be bragging about blanche ely high school. ahead for us tonight, what we have learned from sources about that knife found at the site of o.j. simpson's former house. the question (music playing) i feel pretty (west side story) not every cake can be handcrafted in store by skilled decorators layered with fresh berries and frosted to perfection like our publix bakery chantilly cake it'll be remembered for all the right reasons. >>> welcome back. finally tonight, a quick l ook at today's top stories. deputies are looking for a man who nearly abducted a 13-year-old girl as she was walking home from school in pompano beach. he tried to pull her into his car. the victim screamed and managed to run away. the would-be kidnapper has reddish brown hair and a thin frame. if you know anything about him, call police. >>> we're learning an fiuu basketball player who accused her coach sexual misconduct is destiny fagan was suspended from th team for allegations of theft. fagan claims the head coach suspended her four games as punishment for

. >>> and then it's monday morning, and it's blanche ely high. that school's medical sciences magnet program, terrific as well. catch our live reports beginning righthtere during our midday newscast at 11:00 a.m. >>> 5:56. looking at a whole lot more for the next hour of news. >>> a teen in the hospital after being shot, and we are making calls to police to find out w detectives are looking for this morning. >>> our team in washington breaking it down, and a whole lot to go through, where florida stands as the candidates start to fococ on the sunshine state. >>> a beautiful day across south florida, and a really nice sunday and looks like monday shaping up to be a good one, too. no rain anywhere in sight. waking to a few clouds with temperatures in@the mid and upper 60s, and we are looking for breezy conditions. >>> you are watching nbc 6 south >> more news, weather and minutes. >>> good monday morning to you at home. i am shell geezi muniz. >> i am eric harryman. we have made the official decision -- because we have the power to do this. >> i do

. >> seth: you were in "street car", you played blanche duboi_. >> oh my god, i was, oh god, i was 20 y/u guys, and i was playing blanche dubois in "street car named desire", like that's okay. >> seth: yeah, exactly. >> like, that's not okay. like, you're way too young. and you know, i was, i thought, you know, we're real actors, like, this is nyu, this is like, we are artists. [ light laughter ] >> seth: yeah. >> you guys, we are artists. so, we decided to do a rehearsal of the play, and every time it says that they drank a shot, we did it. >> seth: oh. >> seth: there's a lot of drinking in that, yeah. >> a lot of drinking in that, yes. yes. and so, we only made it through halfway through the play until i passed out. >> seth: okay. [ light laughter ] >> but, that first half of the play, i was the best actress i've ever -- >> seth: oh. >> to me. >> seth: so you didn't think, i'm too drunk to do this, you thought you were killing it? >> i thoughtht was incredible. >> seth: wow. >> i mean, i've never felt that good. i think everyone else thought i was terrible. but i, in my ownead was m

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reason the deputy was targeting the man is because he spray painted his own trailer with the words le blanche for sheriff 2016. >> do you think he was teasing the deputy. >> aggravating everybody, yeah. aggravating everybody. >> the whole neighborhood. >> do i think the deputy had it out for him? absolutely. buwe all did because he is a jerk. >> reporter: nevertheless, investigators say that the deputy actually changed his mind after planting that with the setup. his own body camera actually helped do him in. live in new port richey, eric waxler, abc action news. >> we want to go to a breaking news room. in tampa. just minutes ago, one lane was opened up and traffic is now slowly just filtering by there. we have action air 1 headed to the scene right now for a look at that backup. cams. the crash is at the downtown exit right after exit 4. cars are backed up from the i-4 split all the way back to waters avenue. it will probably only get worse. if you know anybody headed in that direction, take a detour. >>> a change for the better. the big savings some bay area residents will soon be seeing o