and there's no doubt that, with legacy artists such as isaac hayes, booker t. & the m.g.'s, the bar-kays, sam and dave, otis redding, the emotions, and the staple singers, the number-one hit on that soundtrack is found at stax records. with that in mind, it gives me the rhapsody & rhythm legendary achievement award to ms. lori stewart, daughter of stax founder jim stewart, and to mr. al bell, a former owner of the storied label. [ cheers and applause ] >> i thank you, creator of the universe, for blessing me to be alive tonight. [ applause ] this is truly an historic occasion. from slave music to race music to r&b music to soul music to black music honors. thank y'all. [ cheers and applause ] at the time when otis redding had transitioned, we lost sam and dave and we lost our catalog, clarence avant came along and resurrected stax by putting together a music and financial business arrangement that allowed us to carry it on. at stax records, our creative goal was to create music that reflected and influenced what was going on in the lives, the lifestyles, and living of our

booker t. is one of the worst in tampa. hillsborough's superintendent will address board members. they try to turn schools like calling for a criminal investigation. the city of st. peters was forced to send millions of gallons of partially treated water to overflow the system. congressman jolly says he's asking for law enforcement to take over the case. so far, the florida department of law enforcement tells us they are not investigating at this time. >>> a big fertilizer spilling more than $200,000 gallons of waste water. attorneys say morgan and morgan filed the lawsuit yesterday. the contaminated water was used to process fertilizer at the plant. >>> the cleanup process from flooding in pasco county is coming to a close three weeks after hurricane hermine vehicle. they used the free curbside pickup service. you can drop off debris in officials are, by the way, waiving the landfill fees through october 15th. >>> you want to take advantage of the bay area's great boating opportunities? head to the state fair grounds this weekend. the tampa boat show opens this morning. you can s

in fact, the last time the gaels last who games again, it was booker t. washington, ranked number two in the poll behind the gaels. tonight, it's cocoa, florida. when they play this game this week, next week they take on california. a tough, tough schedule for the we'll have highlights at 11:00. back to you, amber. >> thank you. doesn't get any easier for bishop gorman. here is a look at the other games. cheyenne at canyon springs. utah taking on harborview. shadowridge plays el dorado, desert hills utah plays at foothill, the cowboys go to the home of the wolves and rancho plays at desert pines. catch these "operation football" at 11:00. we're looking to make stars in the fans. upload your moments by using burst. you can also find a link on our twitter and facebook pages. >>> fans of unlv's football team have been lighting it up after night. it's the first time the rebels have gone 1-0 since 2009. while senior defensive back tori who returned this interception for the score last night says that's motivating. he said the rebels are also taught a short mem

one failing school is booker t. washington in tampa. >>> a man ran over a woman's leg after stealing her purse in a gas station. more on the video and update on the injuries after the break. >>> the lightning open up short- handed at amalie arena and the rays come up with a big win over the yankees. we'll have highlights and >>> caught on camera. take a look at this body camera showing police pepper spraying a 15-year-old girl. she was already in the backseat of the police car. they sprayed her through the crack in the door. officers say they sprayed her because she resisted arrest. >>> take a look at this. police walking two young girls out of mother left them alone. someone called 911 after seeing the 4 and 6-year-olds in the trashed hotel room. the mom left them there while she went to work. >>> a man pretending to be a police officer tried to lure women into his suv. what they found in his car makes it even more disturbing. he told two women he was an undercover cop and told them to the women refused. when offic

the biggest change could come to this school, booker t. washington elementary, according to the state. it is the worst school in the entire hillsborough county. in fact, it is the only school that got an "f" grade in 2016 in the entire tampa bay area. what is going to happen here? booker and all of the schools worse for several years will adopt changes. in the past, they included adding more resources and support for teachers. previous added getting parents more involved. jeff aikens is also scheduled to be talking with the board today. he's anticipated to ask the state for more money to try to turn schools like washington elementary around. for no adam winer, abc action news. >>> this morning, a class action lawsuit calls the company reckless and negligent. >> attorneys filed that lawsuit on thursday after a massive sinkhole opened up. billions of gallons of radioactive waste water spilled down the aquifer. billions who live within a few miles could benefit from it. well water and remove any contamination. property values are also being a

who founded the school in eatonville had been educated at does key gee institute under tutelage of booker t. washington. the whole philosophy of even tonville was self-help. pull yourselves up by your bootstraps. that is the way she had been raised. i agree with you, at that that time, turn of the 20th century that is not an unconventional philosophy for black americans in general. most black americans have endorsed that. what hurston is not able to do, to evolve. by the time she writes, politically she evolves as an artist, so by 1954 when she write as letter to the editor o1 the "orlando sentinel," this brown very board of education decision, that is really insult to black people because we don't need black children to be in school with white children in order to learn something. we were learning just fine in eatonville. locally, personally, that might have been true. politically, correctively, that is just a reactionary position and i just, i don't, you how can that be defended?it can be it can be explained and i think it can be explained by her biography. but i don't think that is what

schools like booker t. washington that got a bad grade. all of the schools in the area that did get a poor grade could be forced to make changes to how they do things. i just talked to the principal who tells me she will be embracing the changes promises it won't be an "f" school next year because they are making student character as important as academics. >> students do not learn unless they feel loved and connected. if we as adults aren't modeling that, i can't teach them to read and write and do math, right? that has to come first. >> reporter: superintendent money to get teachers more resources. i published a list that will be reviewed on our web site at abcactionnews.com. now live here in tampa, adam winer, back to you. >>> lying to protect child molesters for money. that's what one man did in dozens of cases across the bay area. this man was charging defense attorneys thousands to be an expert witness on cell phone data and his resume had listed him as having a top secret clearance and a masters from usf. he faces serious prison tim

but it grows out of a booker t. washington perspective that is the perspective to which she was raised and she was educated in the eatonville florida. and that's where she grew up and she was seriously proud. the people founded the school had been educated at the tesco g institute. the whole philosophy was self-help, play yourselves up by your bootstrap. so that is way ship and race. i agree with you that at that time, at the turn of the 20th century that is not an unconventional philosophy for black americans in general. i think many, most black americans would have been dorsi. hurston is not able to do, it seems to me is to evolve. so by the time she writes politically she evolves as an artist. so by 19541954 when she writes letters to the editor of the sentinel, saying this about the board of education decision it really is an insult to black people. we do not need black children to be in school with white children in order to learn something. we were learning just fine and eatonville. locally, personally that ma

booker t. washington comes to visit on the battlefield site in the 1890's to extend beyond mager evers. both its physical beauty but also what represented about the triumph of the united states over the confederacy. it is possible then within this framework not only to do the broad abstract historical story which we historians are professionally attached to the sometimes find easy to skim over. >> equestrians -- questions from all of you? please feel free to come up to the microphone. >> this is my favorite part. >> media pennsylvania. you mentioned something about -- they decide what you are going to do. i wasn't quite sure what that was? the last five minutes you were talking about legislative -- there is a legislature, some legislature that determines what you are going to do? >> sorry. i went into the almost political part of park unit being designated. area are two ways that an becomes a national park unit. it is either congressionally is designated by the president of the united states as