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thistle and the drone" how america's war on terror became a global war on tribal islam" this is booker t. at american university. >> host: "becoming a candidate" political ambition and the decision to run for office" the author, american university professor jennifer lawless. professor why do people run for office? >> guest: basically because it is something percolating in the back of their mind for a long time so release does somebody wake up and decide this would be interesting but i don't like my income then die will throw my hat into the ring it is so long and engage process. >> host: is a policy your ego? >> with of the biggest findings in the book is a gender difference men are far more likely than women and think they're more qualified and think they would win if they ran so there may be ego strength but certainly it is about the idea entering the electoral arena to make the world a better place. >> host: why are men convinced they would be successful? >> you can ask fourth graders how well they perform on the test and fourth grade boys over estimate their performance men have bee

we can use booker t. as a pilot project. and hopefully if those of you on the board will lend me your resources for both government funding as well as funding from different organizations -- i've already talked to mark farrell yesterday so i know he's going to help. but i need -- [laughter] >> i need resources so that we can raise this final $900,000. and, so, i will be coming to each one of you individually, asking you for your suggestions and ideas. but i really want to take this opportunity to, to really urge you to deal with issues of affordable housing in san francisco, particularly for young people. other than that, everybody is going to be old here and all of our young people will be in oakland. thank you very much. (applause) >> all right. next up we have supervisor jane kim. [cheering and applauding] >> [speaker not understood] is obviously in the house today. [laughter] >>> [inaudible]. >> thank you. i want to reiterate what my colleagues have already said. and black history is our history and black history is amer

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of why we use conditional use necessary or desirable, you know, we had a special use district for booker t. washington, for higher height district. we decided it was necessary and desirable for the type of housing community it was providing. we also approved that sud prior to the board of supervisors taking action on it. so, it's not as if this is unusual situation. i would say that the completion of this project is necessary and desirable for the city and we've already invested the funds. commissioner sugaya brought up a good point. one of the shortcomings of this project all along was that it didn't extend all the way to fisherman's wharf. if we had the opportunity, the boring machines in north beach and set up at least a north beach station and poe lebanontionv any in the future be able to explore a fisherman's wharf station, it makes a lot of sense to me that we would want to make that preference. the other thing i wanted to point out is that in terms of the sud we've discussed, it has an expiration date on it. this is not an incident sud. so, it's not like other sud's we typically imp

i read about booker t washington. his autobiography called "up from slavery." he was a slave and it was illegal for slaves to read. that right there is a topic in and of itself that a lot of young people should be thinking about why was it illegal for slaves to read? because the slave owners knew that if they could read, they could liberate themselves. and the same thing goes today. those young people who are not availing themselves of the educational opportunities are intentionallien slaving themselves. >> the latin phrase for education, to bring forth from within, predisposes all these kids were born with their talent. that's their gift. you had a particular talent, too, in school where you could push people's buttons i read a commencement address you gave in 2007. there was a particularly good talent of yours. >> i would study my classmates to figure out what made them angry. i would figure it out and irritate them and irritate them until they were about to explode but i would never push the last button until we were in the classroom and the taacher was near

. >> i read about booker t. washington his autobiography called "up from slavery." he was a slave. it was illegal for shaves -- slaves to read. that right there is a topic in and of itself young people, why are they not reading. snow open owners, those young people not availing themselves of the opportunity is inflating themselves. >>> latin phrase to do forth what we are in. that's their gift. you had a particular talent where you should collect their l -- bases. >> i would know what would make my classmates angry. they were always calling me angry. i would figure out what made them angry until i was irritating and ir indicating them until we took the lathe vitamin. the teacher was there by them. >> stay right there dr. carson, we have more to get through tonight. still ahead dr. carson and political strategisstrategist, experts. there's always talk about recruiting the talk for a 2016 run. she dialled the speech that was everybody talking. you m straight ahead more. for over 75 years people have saved money with...ohhh... ...with geico... ohhh...sorry! director's voice: here we g

. >> washington-- booker t.ashington said success is not measured by the position one has reached in life as by the obstacles he has overcome. >> reporter: he deliver a speech on hopkins' world renowned neurosurgeon, ben carson and the woman who helped him. >> i spoke on dr. carson's mother, her name was sonya. and i think nobody thinks about the role she played in his life. >> the winner of the oratory contest is joshua campbell. >> words cannot explain how excited i was. >> he is thanking one woman for his win. >> how did you incorporate the relationship you have with your mother into your speech. >> i would say that i'm a good student and i do well in school. but i wouldn't say that that'sault about me and all about my studying habits and all about what i do. because i feel like my mom is like 75% of that. >> i was very surprised. >> reporter: his mother said sunday was her first time hearing the speech. >> i was really blessed to hear that what i do and what i have been doing, homeschooling them and just doi

. >> booker t.hington said success is not to be measured so much by the position one has reached in life, as by the obstacles we have overcome. >> reporter: using those words, he delivered a speech on hopkins' world-renowned neurosurgeon dr. ben carneson and the woman who pushed him to success. >> i spoke on dr. carson's mother, sonya carson. and i feel like people don't give her credit. >> joshua's words helped him beat out 19 others for first. and he's thank one woman for the win. >> how duincorporate the relationship you have with your mother into your speech? >> i would say that i'm a good student and i do well in school. but i wouldn't say it is all about me in&my study habits. i feel like my mom is 75% of that. >> i was very surprised. >> reporter: his mother said sunday was her first time hearing the speech. >> i was really blessed to hear whatiz have been doing, homeschooling them and just doing the mom thing, has had an impact on them. >> reporter: and at 14, joshua walks away with a $twrea

. >> i wrote about booker t. washington his autobiography called up from slair ry.was a slave and it was illegal for slaves to read. that right there is a topic in and of itself. a lot of young people should be thinking about why was it illegal for slaves to read? slave owners knew if they could read they could liberate themselves. same goes for today those young people not availing themselves of an educational opportunity are eventually enslaving themselves. >> it brings forth from within suppo presupposes that was their gift. you had a talent at school where you could push people's buttons. >> i was studying my classmates to figure out what really made them angry. they were always calling me dummy. i would figure out what made them angry and i would irritate them and irritate them until they were about to explode. i would never push the last button until perp in the classroom and the teacher was nearby. >> we have a lot more to get to tonight. still ahead an open forum between dr. carson and art political strategists. we will chuck in with frank luntz and dial the

i read about booker t washington. his autobiography called "up from slavery." he was a slave and it was illegal for slaves to read. that right there is a topic in and of itself that a lot of young people should be thinking about why was it illegal for slaves to read? because the slave owners knew that if they could read, they could liberate themselves. and the same thing goes today. those young people who are not availing themselves of the educational opportunities are intentionallien slaving themselves. >> the latin phrase for education, to bring forth from within, predisposes all these kids were born with their talent. that's their gift. you had a particular talent, too, in school where you could push people's buttons i read a commencement address you gave in 2007. there was a particularly good talent of yours. >> i would study my classmates to figure out what made them angry. i would figure it out and irritate them and irritate them until they were about to explode but i would never push the last button until we were in the classroom and the taacher was near

i read about booker t. washington. his auto biography called up from slavery.e was a slave and it was illegal for slaves to read. and that right there is a topic in and of itself that a lot of young people should be thinking about why was it illegal for slaves to read? because the slave owners knew that if they could read they could liberate themselves and the same thing goes today. those young people who are not availing themselves of the educational opportunities are intentionally enslaving themselves. >> sean: the latin phrase for education to bring forth from within presupposes all of the kids were born with that talent and that is their gift. >> absolutely. >> sean: you had a particular talent in school where you could push people's buttons. i read a commencement speech you gave in 2007. that was a good talent of your yous. >> i would study my classmates to figure out what made them really angry because they were always calling me dummy so this is is the way i would get back at them. i would figure out what made them angry and irritate them and irritate th

nelson mandela, desmond tutu, booker t. washington, ella fitzgerald. message is, people make history. these are wonderful books, highly recommended for all kids and they're all reviewed in tuesday's kids post. >> wonderful way to celebrate the month. you're also featuring a writing contest for kids this week. >> that's right. in sunday's kids post, we have all the details about you can be a junior sports writer. the idea is to write an essay on what it means to be a successful team. the deadline is february 25th. entries are submitted to kidspost@washpost.com. in sunday's kids post, your essay will be published and you win four tickets to a washington wizards game. it's worth thinking about what makes a successful team. >> excellent. there's a lot of young talent out there too. i know your readers are really good. >> we're going to get lots of great essays. >> finally, a little bit of snow, but people are wondering, what's going on? the snow lovers are upset. >> absolutely. this week we answer the question. the reason actually why we thought we were go

t -- oh quot >> they heard from newark mayor cory booker immigrants leaders. democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia and former gop presidential candidate jon huntsman. this is two hours. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome marianne huntsman and abby huntsman. [applause] family"] ♪ >> we are family. we are so excited to be here today and to be a part of this launch. we cannot think of to do better people than our father, governor huntsman and senator joe manchin to be a part of this kickoff for no labels. [applause] as our generation looks to the future, this just gives us hope. thank you all for being here. it is great to be here. i will say that democracy was not supposed to be easy. it is through debate and conversations just like one that our dad and senator mansion are wanting to have that really tackle the issues that need to be tackled. we are so excited for our generation about this organization. there is no better way to kick it off again by singing an arrangement of "god bless america" that we put together. >> ♪ god bless america land tha