if it was in chattanooga tennessee or pittsburgh or seattle or los angeles or all these different placesthere seems to be this mandate for women to lift each other up. one of the places we went to houston and was the largest gathering in the world. for all of these women that are used to being the only ones in the room, suddenly there were 15,000 from all over the world together. the year we were there was every program how to help each other like how do we get this done whether it is mentoring, finding champions, helping people find internships one of the reasons we went this week were interested in finding some college students because we knew we wanted to do a chapter around college women and what was happening. there was a big report came out that this research compiled by y the american association of university of women, and it was one of the first time researchers have highlighted the things that were working to retain women in the college campuses so they don't just expect an interest, the big issue is persisting and actually graduating so we went because harvey college is one of

wherever we were, whether it was in chattanooga, tennessee, or pittsburgh, or seattle, or los angelesthere seemed to be this mandate for women to lift each other up. i remember when we went to the grace hopper conference, we went early on in our reporting, when he sold the book proposal, we went to houston and we spent a few days at the grace hopper celebration of women and computer, which is the largest gathering of female technologists in the world. so all these woman who are used to being the only one in the room they're there with 15,000 women from all over the world. ... it was one of the first time that researchers have actually highlighted them. it's not just enough that they press and interest the big issue is persisting through that. we went to grays harbor because it is one of the schools that actually pays for freshman women to go to grays harbor. and they do that. you can see there is other women like them. they actually get role models that are relatable to them. these young women were craving opportunity they are not necessarily relatable. if you like it's so far away. t

wherever we were, whether it was in chattanooga, tennessee, or pittsburgh or seattle or los angeles orhese different places, there seemed to be this mandate for women to lift each other up. i remember specifically when we went to the gray copper conference, one of the places we went early on, right actually when we old the book proposal, we went the houston. and we spent a few days at the grace hopper celebration of women in computing which is the largest gathering of female technologists in the world. so for all these women who are used to be, you know, like the only one in the room, suddenly they're there with -- this past year i think there were 15,000 women from all over the world together. and the year we were there, i mean, every program was about how to help each other. it literally was how do we get this done, whether it's mentoring, finding champions, helping people find internships. it was amazing. one of the reasons why we went was we were interested in also finding some college students, because we knew we wanted to do a chapter around college women and what was happening.

but i have two southern parents my mom is from chattanooga, tennessee, and my dad from arkansas, so food i grew up eating while i was researching that book on history of soul food that african-americans who have cooked for our presidents started popping up in my research so i said once i finish that book, if i could find enough stories to cobble together a story about presidentialships i'm going to do and fortunately i was able to do that and write this book the president's kitchen cabinet. so i'm a lawyer by training. and didn't -- this is not disparage any attorney in the audience but it wasn't for me. and i was going to open up a soul food restaurant in denver and then a loyal classmate had of mine from georgetown, law school called me up out of the blue and said adrian i'm working on this initiative. and in the white house, do you have any friends who might be interested working on this mission. so i'm sitting in any office in denver and she's back in d.c. so tell me a little bit more about initiative that was called initiative for one america that was outgrowth of president clinton

host: lynn is joining us from chattanooga, tennessee. caller: good morning. i went to a vocational school. that is long gone. i'm 74 years old. people that i went to school with, we went and took basic math and english then we had three hours of shop. the people i graduated with did real well. there are several of them that own their own companies afterwards. the ones that wanted to go to college after that did. we have a retired principal in our group. i don't understand it. we do have vocational schools but they pick up the children from high school and take them to the vocational school. that is time wasted. they spend a couple of hours on a bus everyday, which is added expense to our school system. i don't understand why they don't do that. when i went to school, we didn't have computers. we need good computer program and these apprenticeship programs. when they came out, they were ready to get their certification. to get licensed. i don't understand why they don't put that back. i have a friend that owns a air-conditioning company and he cannot find empl

things that is , compelling is that for this new generation of entrepreneurs, if you are in chattanooga, tennessee interested , in building an app you don't , have a good view into the silicon valley ecosystem. what sort of questions you might be asked. how you should be thinking about market size or competition? the last 20 minutes of each episode gives people a view into what it is like to engage with a venture capital firm. because we made investments in more than a dozen companies over the course of 10 episodes, and it gives people an opportunity to be a fly on the wall and watching happy with those conversations look like. where did we asked for questions, for more information? where were we ok with the risk? so foreign entrepreneur anywhere in the country who is thinking about wanting to raise capital and to realize the huge opportunity, it is going to give them a dry run as to what that is going to look like. emily: that was lightspeed venture partner jeremy lou. meantime in washington, u.s. attorney general jeff sessions testified before the senate intelligence panel about the firing of fo

host: let me go to micah in chattanooga, tennessee, a democrat. you are on the air. good morning to you. caller: good morning. how are you, greta? host: i am doing fine to what do you think about this discussion about voting systems, and what should be done? caller: i think it is amazing that we as a people are divided and parted. i think the election day problems and systems -- i think thes important enough, like fourth of july, christmas, election day is important enough to take a day off and make it a national holiday so everyone can vote, dissipate, get it counted, get it done without going to work -- if it is not that important, the holidays are more important than the constitution and the bottom line of a country, i think it needs to be debated and talked about. i think it should be a national holiday where everyone can to space, count the votes, and we can take this one day to take the afternoon and stop all this miscounting,this everything. make it a national holiday, and everybody participate. host: all right, mica with that idea. tiny in brookshire, texas,

james is in chattanooga, tennessee, on our democrats line. thanks for waiting. go ahead. caller: no problem. my point is that i feel like if trump had micromanaged this whole thing, then instead of these combat, you know, commandos swooping in to try to get these fight and killing them, they might have gave them some tools to actually stun these people and get their diaries, as well as, you know, take control of the mid-level isis fighters that have connections with baghdad and things like that. so i don't feel like the micromanaging was a bad thing. i think he's delegating too much. if you remember george bush, what he did was he kept the pentagon out of everything, and then hand selected a few that had no business in this whole thing. this guy was writing a novel with some woman and having an affair with the person. i'm not going to mention the guy, but he was a famous general. but in this case, we need to get back to the micromanaging of the war if we're going to do it right. thank you. host: all right. to michigan, we hear from terence on the independent line. what ar

to even talk about the day in 2015 when his 15-year-old daughter was taken to this hotel in chattanooga tennesseed by her school bus driver. our cbs news investigation found on average at least once a week a school bus driver is arrested for -- >> caught a big whiff of alcohol. >> -- driving under the influence. >> what was on that computer? >> underaged pictures. >> reporter: or child pornography or sexually assaulting a child. it was not their first offense. >> it was shocking to find out the record this drive had. >> the driver had a previous conviction for possession of drugs and a weapon. he was ineligible for hire but got the job anyway. like this driver in wisconsin arrested in december for driving a school bus while under the infle dui charge. >> parents really need to be asking who's driving their children. >> steve ger stin is a transportation attorney. he said federal gas rules do not apply on school buses because school districts are exemt from driver qualification, hours of service, and vehicle maintenance regulations. >> why do we require drivers to be safer to drive lettuce to stor

while they are defeated they are able to with withdraw into chattanooga where they fortify themselves within a one square mile area by the tennessee river and await the arrival of reinforcements. the confederates attempted to lay siege to the union army in chattanooga from positions along missionary ridge and east of the town, from across the valley to lookout mountain and onto the mountain itself. the final battle in the campaign for chattanooga and the final battle of those spot in november of 1863 is that that unfolds along missionary ridge. that sharply defined ridgeline to the east of chattanooga, to the east of where we are located right now. along which the confederates had had their main position october, november, and december. not until 48 hours before the fighting on the rigid self on november the 25th, the confederates attempt to build fortifications along the actual rest of missionary ridge. ofrefore in the afternoon november 25, ulysses s. grant makes the decision to send union troops against missionary ridge directly east of us here. what he intended as a limited assault against the confederate rifle pits at the bas

. >> chattanooga, tennessee. >> we have a first timer. where are you from?>> we just got married! >>> and welcome back, everyone, to "today" on thursday morning. nice crowd outside. savannah is on vacation this week. we're happy to have hoda here. we have music. that is charlie puth with attitude. he's going to be our summer concert tomorrow morning out on the plaza, which remind me of marvin gaye and let's get it on. >> how about your fan club. >> "dance moms." >> "dance moms" for lawyer. i like that. >> let's start this half hour with a news at 8:00. trump administration rolling out a key part of the president's national security program today. nbc's chief white house correspondent hallie jackson is on capitol hill this morning. good morning. >> reporter: hi, matt, good morning to you. one of the president's most highly profile and highly publicized campaign promises goes partly in effect. we're talking about his travel ban, of course. the department of homeland security confirms it will be implemented today. this means travelers from six muslim countries

it's made in chattanooga, tennessee. largest car volkswagen has ever made.a third row in the back as you can see janice dean the atlas machine is back there. >> janice: oh, yeah. steve: i have never seen such a roomy volkswagen. janice: i can take a nap in here. steve: okay. good idea. steve: what is it you like about it? >> i like the space. i like the packaging. it's a great car. it's a great american road trip car. and, you know, it's summer driving season. so it's important also that we think about summer safe driving tips, right? steve: absolutely. when some people see a foreign nameplate on a car they figure oh that was built in germany or south korea. a lot of these vehicles are actually built in the united states. >> 14 states across the country. 13 car companies building cars right here in america. steve: you know, she has he a growing family. she needs a vehicle like this. janice: i'm done, brother. it's done. we always have a lot of stuff. so this is a great car for packing down the road. steve: all cars built in the u.s.a. next up on "fox & frien